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We ran the numbers: There are 2907 news articles covering this topic. 54% (1575) are left leaning, 35% (1009) center, 11% (323) right leaning.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds at the U.S. Capitol to honor the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. While left-leaning articles highlight that ex-military leaders have condemned Trump over his response to protests, right-leaning articles highlight that there is barely any coverage from broadcast networks regarding deaths as a result of rioters.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that ex-military leaders and presidents have condemned Trump over his brazen response to mass protests. Primarily, former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who has kept silent since resigning in 2018, stated that Trump “is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people.”
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that Senate Democrats were led in prayer by Senate Chaplin Barry Black, who said, “We come today to acknowledge that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Senator Cory Booker also honored Floyd’s life and said Floyd’s family wanted the world also to remember him as being “family oriented, loving and Godly.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that a new study shows that less than one percent of the coverage from broadcast networks is spent on the deaths as a result of rioters amid the George Floyd protests. One of the victims includes a 77-year-old retired police captain David Dorn, who was shot and killed in St. Louis while attempting to protect a friend’s business.
From the center
Senate Democrats some kneeling honor George Floyd with moment of silence at Capitol
USA Today
From the right
Broadcast nets spend over 700 minutes on George Floyd protests, 5 minutes on riot deaths
Fox News