UNDERNEWS: Major media biased towards Trump over Sanders in coverage

August 26, 2015

Major media biased towards Trump over Sanders in coverage

FAIR - The two big surprises of the 2016 presidential race so far are Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Two dark horse candidates opposed by party insiders, each began a substantial surge in campaign polls around the beginning of July.

Yet corporate media show a fascination with just one of these characters... Unsurprisingly, corporate media are mainly interested in Cinderella stories when they don’t question the wealth of the class that owns and advertises in media outlets.

Stories mentioning Bernie Sanders as a percentage of those mentioning Donald Trump in selected news outlets (7/1/15-8/21/15):

Stories mentioning Bernie Sanders as a percentage of those mentioning Donald Trump in selected news outlets (7/1/15-8/21/15)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: It is not surprising that Trump gets more press than Bernie.

The US mainstream media always favors the mean and idiotic over the considerate and sensible.; August 26, 2015 at 8:01 AM

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