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FOX aired 48 minutes more (20 percent) of RNC speeches than of DNC speeches

Media Matters for America found that FOX News Channel aired four hours and 28 minutes of live speech coverage from the Republican National Convention (RNC), 48 minutes more (that's 20 percent more) than the three hours and 40 minutes the network aired of Democratic National Convention (DNC) speeches. CNN showed just two minutes more of RNC speeches than DNC speeches (a 0.7 percent discrepancy), and MSNBC aired 20 minutes fewer of RNC speeches than those at the DNC (a 6 percent discrepancy).

Prior to the RNC, FOX News Channel host Cal Thomas said that, in order to be "fair and balanced," RNC coverage should not differ from DNC coverage.

LIVE DNC SPEECH AIRTIME

FOX CNN MSNBC
Day 1 0:41 1:10 1:07
Day 2 1:05 1:23 1:39
Day 3 0:42 1:08 1:05
Day 4 1:12 1:15 1:36
Total Three hours and 40 minutes Four hours and 56 minutes Five hours and 27 minutes
LIVE RNC SPEECH AIRTIME

FOX CNN MSNBC
Day 1 1:14 1:15 1:24
Day 20:551:151:03
Day 30:580:591:04
Day 41:211:291:36
SubtotalFour hours and 28 minutesFour hours and 58 minutesFive hours and 7 minutes

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