How is inflation being covered on television news? The timeline below shows total mentions of the term across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News since the start of the pandemic, showing that mentions begin to pick up in early February 2021, jumping in May 2021 on Fox News and peaked around November 15, 2021, decreasing since mid-November 2021 on CNN and MSNBC and since mid-December 2021 on Fox News. Mentions have been decreasing across all three channels thus far this month as they pivot away to other stories.