Biden Trump Town Hall Coverage
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We ran the numbers: There are 4513 news articles covering this topic. 48% (2173) are left leaning, 36% (1630) are center, and 16% (710) are right leaning.
On Thursday, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie received both praise and criticism from members of the media over her handling of a town hall with President Trump. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump declared that the administration is doing an amazing job with the coronavirus, even though cases are peaking in Wisconsin, right-leaning articles highlight that Guthrie spent most of the first 20 minutes grilling Trump.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that even though Wisconsin reported more than 4,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, President Trump declared during an NBC town hall in Miami that “we have done an amazing job.” In contrast, Democratic nominee Joe Biden emphasized the value of masks and reiterated that he would urge local leaders to mandate them.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that NBC’s Savannah Guthrie faced both criticism for being biased, and praise for her tough questioning. Guthrie’s feedback comes after NBC received considerable backlash on social media for scheduling the event at the same time as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s town hall.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that while viewers expected to hear questions from voters to Trump, Guthrie spent most of the first 20 minutes grilling Trump on masks and White supremacy. Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh called out the discrepancy between media treatment between Biden and Trump.
From the left
The Daily 202: Town hall shows how deeply in denial Trump remains about coronavirus
The Washington Post