How often does television news talk about "trillions of dollars?" The timeline below shows the total percentage of monthly airtime mentioning "trillion" and "trillions" across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News over the past decade, showing an elevated level of coverage in the aftermath of the 2008 recession that faded in April 2013, followed by years of relatively little coverage before a surge in March 2020 and an even larger surge in January 2021.