Craig Harrington

Nov 4, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Craig Harrington

Big three broadcast news programs largely failed to cover Trump’s boasts during a town hall about getting Roe v. Wade overturned. During a January 10 Iowa town hall hosted by Fox News, Donald Trump bragged about his role in ending federal protections for legal abortion care, proclaiming, “For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it.

Oct 30, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Craig Harrington

As the final days of the 2024 election cycle draw to a close, many major news outlets are focusing renewed attention on the damage Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could do the American economy if he is elected to a second term next week. This morning, the Commerce Department released data showing that the American economy grew at a robust 2.8% annualized rate in the third quarter of the year.

Oct 28, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Craig Harrington |Zachary Pleat

Fox News aired nearly as many economic news segments espousing trickle-down economic theory (16 of 66 total segments) as CNN aired total economic news segments (22) during the second quarter of this year — the latter cable network largely having abdicated its responsibility to cover the economy in prime-time. None of MSNBC’s qualifying coverage (54 total segments) was found to promote trickle-down economic theory.

Oct 22, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Craig Harrington |Tyler Monroe |Noah Dowe

Fox News gave Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign stunt at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania nearly 500 times more coverage than it gave to a recent analysis demonstrating how his economic agenda jeopardizes the current and future solvency of Social Security and could result in massive benefit cuts for American seniors.

Oct 16, 2024 | flipboard.com | Craig Harrington

NowWashington CNN — When former President Donald Trump was challenged at a Tuesday event about the potential economic harms of his proposal for across-the-board tariffs on imported goods, Trump told what sounded like a tariff success story. He said that in response to his threat to impose hefty tariffs …