Who was the media biased for in 2016?
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« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2018, 12:21:04 PM »

It really depends on how you look at it. The anti-Clinton numbers are heavily influenced by FNC's 24/7 anti-Clinton symphony, but they're really playing to a captive audience. CNN's coverage of Trump probably did much more to move the needle with undecideds and leaners.
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« Reply #26 on: October 15, 2018, 03:07:10 PM »

During the election there was numerous claims that the media was biased.

Supporters of Hillary Clinton claimed that the media was biased against her by focusing excessively on the story of her e-mails, digging up past scandals, and attempting to deliberately create a "horse race" narrative that didn't exist.

Supporters of Bernie Sanders claimed through the primaries that the media was biased against him by portraying him as an extremist, overestimating Clinton's delegate lead, and giving him insufficient coverage.

Supporters of Drumpf, of course, continue to argue the media was biased against him. During the GOP primaries his various challengers frequently complained about the free air time Drumpf received from the media.

So which was it?

National-wide media (basically all newspapers, MSBNC, CNN, ...) were biased against Bernie Sanders and Trump, and basically have settled on Clinton from day one. This -> basically helped Trump and they helped Trump creating a platform for his "fake media" talk.
Local media, FOX, and conservative radio-talk hosts were biased against Clinton and the Dems in general.
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