Between Jan. 1 and July 31, a whopping 90% of the coverage of former President Trump on ABC, CBS and NBC was negative, according to the Media Research Center.
exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. Trump's closest GOP rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, received negative coverage 78% of the time.
A new study found that a whopping 90% of coverage former President Trump received by the three broadcast networks has been negative while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 78% of negative airtime. The study tallied the amount of airtime the leading GOP candidates have received on the newscasts from January through July. Trump dominated with an astonishing 664 minutes followed by DeSantis with 126, Pence with 63, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley with 17, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott with 12, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with nine, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson with four and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd with only two minutes of coverage.
Noted in the study is how then-candidate Trump amassed 116 minutes of coverage during the same time period in 2015, which at the time dominated the field of candidates but pales in comparison to the coverage he has received in 2023.
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