Broadcast Networks | Media Matters for America

Media Matters regularly monitors the major national broadcast networks that provide television news: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.

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Trump said his mass deportation plan would be a “bloody story.” Broadcast nightly news shows didn’t mention it.

09/10/24 12:59 PM EDT
Donald Trump’s incoherent policy responses must be a focus of election coverage

09/10/24 11:30 AM EDT
ABC must seize the opportunity to elevate climate discussions during Harris-Trump debate

09/09/24 10:22 AM EDT
Chevron’s faux news site exploits local journalism’s decline, epitomizing the fossil fuel industry’s insidious greenwashing strategies

08/28/24 10:05 AM EDT
Lahaina wildfire anniversary highlighted need for consistent, long-term, disaster recovery coverage by national TV news

08/13/24 1:32 PM EDT
These major news outlets amplified JD Vance’s lie about Tim Walz’s military service without rebuttal

08/09/24 1:09 PM EDT
National TV news coverage of devastating Western U.S. and Canadian wildfires rarely connected them to climate change

07/31/24 10:38 AM EDT
RNC coverage has at times whitewashed J.D. Vance’s anti-abortion extremism

07/18/24 12:47 PM EDT
Only 4% of national TV news segments about Hurricane Beryl mentioned climate change

07/11/24 10:53 AM EDT
Fox and broadcast news largely ignored Trump promoting the prosecution of his political enemies on social media

07/09/24 4:11 PM EDT
National news media barely covered the infant mortality spike that followed Texas’ anti-abortion law

07/03/24 2:22 PM EDT
News outlets gorged on Hunter Biden trial coverage while ignoring Trump’s calls to prosecute foes

06/17/24 10:39 AM EDT