Coverage of Trump, Harris in presidential race 'most lopsided in history,' 85% negative for Trump: report

Coverage connected ABC, CBS and NBC News of nan statesmanlike title betwixt erstwhile President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris has been the astir "lopsided successful history," a caller study released 1 week earlier nan predetermination found.

Analysis from nan Media Research Center (MRC) published Monday recovered that Harris has received 78% affirmative sum connected broadcast evening news since July, versus Trump, who has been nan taxable of 85% antagonistic sum connected nan aforesaid networks.

"The quality successful sum betwixt nan 2 candidates is acold greater than successful 2016, erstwhile some Trump and then-challenger Hillary Clinton received mostly antagonistic sum [91% antagonistic for Trump, vs. 79% antagonistic for Clinton,]" according to MRC analysts.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected October 27, 2024 successful New York City.   (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The disparity betwixt nan Trump and Harris sum is moreover greater than successful 2020, "when Joe Biden was treated to 66% affirmative coverage, vs. 92% antagonistic for Trump," nan study reads.

MRC reported that ABC, CBS and NBC person spent much than 200 minutes of airtime, astir of it negative, harping connected controversies surrounding Trump while glossing complete or, successful galore cases, outright ignoring controversies related to Harris - specified arsenic plagiarism accusations and allegations surrounding her husband, Doug Emhoff.

"Instead, Harris’ sum has been larded pinch enthusiastic quotes from pro-Harris voters, creating a affirmative ‘vibe’ for nan Democrat moreover arsenic web reporters knock Trump themselves," MRC writes.

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Analysts reviewed much than 600 segments astir nan statesmanlike title that aired connected ABC, CBS aliases NBC opening connected nan time President Biden suspended his candidacy successful precocious July, done October 25.

After weeks of glowing sum for Harris arsenic nan Democratic nominee, nan 3 networks seemingly changed their reside pursuing nan statement betwixt Harris and Trump successful September, nan MRC analysts found.

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a work astatine nan Church of Christian Compassion, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

"The networks shifted attraction distant from Harris, spending importantly much airtime targeting Trump," nan study reads.

"From nan day Harris entered nan title connected July 21 done September 10, she received 353 minutes of web evening news coverage, virtually identical to nan 355 minutes fixed Trump during nan aforesaid period. Since then, however, TV has focused astir doubly arsenic overmuch attraction connected Trump arsenic Harris: 398 minutes for nan erstwhile President, compared to conscionable 230 minutes for nan Vice President," nan study found.

"The further airtime for Trump was hardly meant arsenic a gift. Instead, it reflected nan networks’ intensive attraction connected Trump controversies, providing opportunities for antagonistic news coverage," according to MRC.

Roughly 31% of nan 753 minutes of evening news spent connected Trump since July 21 spotlighted his individual controversies, nan study found. "This compares to hardly 5 percent of Harris’s airtime [28 minutes, retired of a full 583 minutes of coverage] spent connected akin topics.

The networks many times cited January 6 and Trump’s declare that nan 2020 predetermination was rigged while labeling him arsenic a "danger to democracy," MRC reported.

Comparatively, "Harris faced nary specified onslaught. Over fourteen weeks, evening news viewers heard a scant 5 minutes, 22 seconds of GOP criticisms that she’s excessively liberal, hardly one-sixth nan airtime spent connected nan declare Trump is simply a ‘fascist.’ None of this sum included immoderate criticisms of Harris from either web reporters aliases nonpartisan sources," MRC analysts found.

"Add it each up, and nan media sum of nan past 3 months is much lopsided than that of immoderate statesmanlike predetermination successful nan modern media age," nan study reads.

"So if Donald Trump regains nan White House adjacent week, nan media’s run against him will person accomplished nothing, isolated from nan further erosion of their ain reputations."

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The MRC findings travel soon aft a Gallup study revealed that spot remains some historically and consistently debased successful nan media. Only 31% of those polled expressed a "great deal" aliases "fair amount" of religion successful nan media to study news properly.

"For nan 3rd consecutive year, much U.S. adults person nary spot astatine each successful nan media (36%) than spot it a awesome woody aliases adjacent amount. Another 33% of Americans definitive ‘not very much’ confidence," Gallup Senior Editor Megan Brenan wrote.

ABC, CBS and NBC News did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Fox News' Alexander Hall contributed to this report.