Media Matters searched print articles in the Factiva database from the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today for any of the terms “SVB,” “Silicon Valley Bank,” “Dodd-Frank,” “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,” or “FDIC” or either of the terms “regulation” or “deregulation” in the same headline or lead paragraph as any variation of the term “bank” from March 10, 2023, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, through March 20, 2023.
We also searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original programming on CNN and MSNBC for any of the terms “SVB,” “Silicon,” “Valley,” or “Bank” from March 10, 2023, through March 20, 2023.
We included articles, which we defined as instances when the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was mentioned in the headline or lead paragraph.
We also included segments, which we defined as instances when the collapse was the stated topic of discussion or when we found significant discussion of the failure. We defined significant discussion as instances when two or more speakers in a multitopic segment discussed SVB's collapse with one another.
We reviewed all identified articles for whether they mentioned the 2018 banking deregulations, quoted Republicans, or quoted Democrats. For articles with quoted members of Congress who voted for the 2018 banking deregulation, we reviewed said articles for whether they mentioned that legislator’s vote. We considered independents who caucused with Democrats as Democrats.
We also reviewed all identified segments for whether any speaker mentioned the 2018 banking deregulation.