The Tone of President Trump's Coverage by the Media

The "media" isn't the same as it was years ago before the advent of the 24/7 cable news networks, the internet and the hundreds if not thousands of radio talk shows. When I was a kid we had the local news and the national news on the major networks. It was pretty straightforward "just the facts" and when someone DID express an opinion it was clearly identified as such. The same went for newspapers, it was easy to see what was straight reporting and what was editorial content. Now we have these cable news networks with all those hours to fill so it's hard for the lines not to become blurred. However, if someone pays attention enough it's simple to tell the difference. The three main news networks each have a number of straight reporters who do a fairly good job at remaining objective and a number of commentators and analysts whose job it is to give their opinions and to break all the information down for the viewers. My own "analysis" of the cable news networks is that CNN and MSNBC have done a pretty good job of balancing the number of "opinion journalists" from the left and from the right with CNN leaning a bit more to the right and MSNBC slightly more to the left. For all that they are constantly accused of being liberal they both have quite a few conservative contributors and hosts/anchors. Granted some of these known conservatives have been known to criticize Donald Trump and members of his campaign and administration lately but if they want to be honest how can they not? Fox News is a whole different animal; they have a very few "token" liberals but I've noticed they're just there to be punching bags for the right-wing extremists that dominate the networks to try to intimidate and humiliate. Unfortunately for us all, their most loyal viewers fall for it hook, line and sinker. Fortunately for us all, their ratings are sinking and they're currently in last place...FINALLY!

@anniepa, at least conservative Fox News keeps up their name "balanced and fair investigative reporting". Liberal Harvard Shorenstein Center studies say that Fox News' tone on their Trump coverage is 52% NEGATIVE and 48% positive. Fair enough.

@everwonderwhy Now THAT I will dispute for sure! Fox News does nothing but praise and defend Trump, no matter what he does, with the exception of Shepard Smith who rightfully very adamantly called Trump and family out on their series of lies regarding the Trump Tower meeting with all those Russians last June.

We can't not go there because we're already here...lol! Do you think the media is biased for or against Trump? If you think he's treated "unfairly", can you give me a specific example of this unfair treatment?

@anniepa I never said, neither indicated nor implied and never in my recognized intelligence expressed that President Trump is "unfairly treated". Try to misquote me and mislead the intelligent readers of my OP in this thread, (they won't let you, though)-- you merely show your argument as indescribably, portentiously boeotian. I share and agree with the liberal Harvard University. Their STUDY and research about the tone of coverage on Trump is astronomically 98% NEGATIVE. Again, that's according to Shorenstein Study from Harvard University. I'm just writing about it. I suggest that you do what the intelligent American people challenge themselves to do: VET and VERIFY everything they hear. The mainstream media is where you can start finding out why you think that, according to your assumption, they are "treating Trump unfairly" and I add, with so much hate? Take up your question with CNN, the #1 in the Shorenstein study chart. Here, read my OP again. And then, direct your rhetoric demand for 'answers' about "unfair treatment of Trump" to Harvard's Shorenstein Center.

@anniepa He's the winner. He's the President. More and more awesome admirers are drawn to the winner-Trump! America has chosen him. He's the president, and that's what it is. And are forever grateful that Hillary isn't the president. Finally! We both agree about the Harvard University Shorenstein study.

@everwonderwhy I can tell you're an intelligent person so I find it hard to believe that you didn't really understand my question but I could be wrong. I'm not disputing that most of what we hear, see and read on legitimate media outlets shows Trump in a rather negative light but that's not the media's fault. What would you have them do, MAKE UP positive things to report about him? In the article you posted it indicated that around 2/3 of the coverage about Trump was Trump himself, so are we not to take HIM at his word when he says stupid things? The charge by Trump and his supporters has been that he receives "unfair" treatment by the media. I must say I've never seen a person who's had nothing but the best of fortune in his life complain so much about everyone and everything being "unfair" to him! It would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic...and disturbing. So, here I go with one more try but I'm sure not going to hold my breath...give me just ONE specific example of the media treating Donald Trump unfairly. The truth is they've bent over backwards trying to give him far more credit than he deserves. Even the fine people on MSNBC, currently the cable news ratings leader and the network the right likes to accuse of being too far left the most, have heaped praise on Trump on the very rare occasions when he's given a teleprompter speech without going off-script and either repeating his lies about his crowd size or margin of victory or insulting someone. I guess another question I have is what do you people want the media to do to "be fair" to the poor man-baby "President".

Thanks for recognizing my intelligence. In this day and age, we have to be. And I share it with all Americans who won a winning President. Those "those", you wonder, if we, the people of Trump supporters, would want media to "LIE" by saying positive things so he could have positive review and research done by the Harvard University's Shorenstein Center? What kind of a question is that? Of course, we (those/them) don't want these nay-sayers/anti-trump/trump-haters to do any more damage, demonizing Americans, delegitimizing Trump anymore than you are Master-Planned to think and do. Because the mainstream media already are programmed to lie and demonize however and whenever they want to. We only want this idiocy to stop. That's all. And move on in making America great again. Perhaps, direct your query to validate your doubts why President Trump gets the voluminous negative tone by the press, and by Hollywood to Shorenstein Center Harvard University. Read the article thoroughly from the liberal Harvard link I sent and draw your questions from what you've read. Also, you already answered your question from your own words, "What do you people want the media to do to "be fair" to the poor man-baby "President". Meaning, "No way we will turn away from our hate of Trump! We want to continue demonizing and assassinating Trump's presidency!" That's what you all self-righteous people are saying.

Yes. Trump coverage is overwhelmingly and voluminously negative. Donald Trump is the most heavily covered president ever in history. "Overall, say the researchers, the coverage of President Trump “was negative even by the standards of today’s hyper-critical press.” Your genuine question is best answered by Shorenstein Center at Harvard University. So, Trump coverage isn't just our imagination nor a conspiracy cooked up by the Russians, Macedonians or any one in particular. The Harvard Study is pretty thorough. Here: