Halfway through the Republican National Convention (RNC), Media Matters for America found that FOX News Channel has aired 23 minutes more of live speech coverage of the first two nights of the RNC than it aired of the first two nights of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). While FOX News Channel did air ten fewer minutes of speeches on the second night of the RNC (55 minutes) than it aired of speeches on the second night of the DNC (65 minutes), the cumulative disparity still remains. In comparison with other cable news networks, FOX News Channel has aired 21 minutes fewer than CNN and 18 minutes fewer than MSNBC of live speech coverage from the RNC. There was a much greater disparity in coverage after two nights of DNC coverage: Halfway through the DNC, FOX News Channel had aired 44 minutes fewer than CNN and 57 minutes fewer than MSNBC of live speech 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 3


Day 4


SubtotalTwo hours and 9 minutesTwo hours and 30 minutesTwo hours and 27 minutes