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BROADCAST BIAS: From space to ceasefires, networks still paint Trump as the problem

From Artemis coverage to Iran ceasefire, broadcast networks find a negative angle no matter the outcome

By Tim Graham Fox News

Published April 11, 2026 7:00am EDT

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President Trump recently complained, "I get 93 percent bad publicity," and studies from the Media Research Center, where I work, have shown time and again that evening news coverage on the broadcast networks is around 90% negative, month after month. How can that be? It’s because these networks will find something negative no matter which direction the president, or the country, takes.

The motto might seem like "Good news is not news." Or maybe it’s not the big story.

Take the Artemis space mission to the moon. On April 1, during what may have been the most important moment in American space history since 1972, ABC’s "Good Morning America" aired seven anti-Trump reports for over 15 minutes before it finally started covering space. ABC was especially interested in arguing that Trump was out to undermine confidence in the midterm elections by pushing back on the inadequacies of mail-in voting.

Later in the day, when it was clear that the Artemis launch was a success, NBC reporter Tom Costello didn’t want any flag-waving for the USA: "I think it's important and relevant to take a moment and........

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