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The American political world was rocked Tuesday when Donald Trump Jr. released a series of e-mails that showed he was approached by and met with, someone who appeared to have ties to Russia and claimed to have damaging information about Hillary Clinton. The shocking revelation dominated the evening news coverage of the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). Of the total time spent on news (minus commercials and teasers), the e-mails commanded 54 percent of the total coverage on the three networks.
Combined, the networks aired 57 minutes and 18 seconds worth of news. From that, they spent 31 minutes and 10 seconds talking about Don Jr.’s e-mail correspondence in some fashion. But when analyzing each network individually, the coverage disparities were even more striking.
CBS Evening News had the largest imbalance. The network spent 12 minutes and 57 seconds talking about Don Jr. while devoting a minuscule 5 minutes and 44 seconds for all other news stories. That means that CBS dedicated almost 70 percent of its coverage to Don Jr.’s e-mails.
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