Blog Post 2.3 - "Media Coverage of Trump"

1. Right-leaning media outlets cited fewer types of sources, offered fewer negative and more positive evaluations of Trump and his administration, and had reporters that were less likely to challenge something the president said than left-leaning or more neutral outlets.
2. Left-leaning outlets used more types of sources and were more likely to use Trump and his administration, outside experts, or interest groups as sources. They were also more likely to include both Republican and Democratic perspectives. 
3. They were at least three times more likely to have negative coverage of Trump. 
4. Left-leaning sources refuted statements 15% of the time, whereas right-leaning ones refuted only 2%. 
5. Stories about the president's political skills, immigration, presidential appointments and nominations, U.S.-Russia relations, and health care. 
6. Most stories were structured around Trump's character and not his policy. This is probably because he is such a cartoon that focusing on his character will get more views, and there is also not that much policy to review that is reasonable enough to seriously discuss. 
7. The most common sources were Trump and his administration (74%), another news organization or journalist (35%), and Republican and Democratic members of Congress (26% and 21% respectively).
8. Studies with two or more source types were more likely to have a negative assessment. 
9. Twitter was used as a source in 16% of stories. 
10. Coverage of Trump and his administration has been much less focused on policy and much more negative than it was for previous presidents.