TV Networks’ Coverage of Trump Was 90% Negative in 2018, Study Shows

President Donald Trump appears on a television screen in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 8, 2019, as he speaks during a presidential address about the government shutdown and border security from the Oval Office. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Coverage of Donald Trump’s presidency on the three major TV networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—was overwhelmingly negative in 2018, just as it was a year earlier, according to a study conducted by the Media Research Center.

Excluding neutral statements on the Trump administration, the tone was 90 percent negative versus 10 percent positive for the year, the Media Research Center (MRC) report published Jan. 15 found.