Overview
- The Media Research Center reviewed ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News and CBS Evening News from Oct. 1–31 and examined 67 shutdown-related segments.
- Analysts reported that 87% of the coverage favored Democrats, with 83 evaluative statements critical of Republicans compared with 12 critical of Democrats.
- Only 12 of the 67 reports noted that Senate Democrats refused to vote for a clean continuing resolution, according to the study.
- The study said none of the broadcasts told viewers that Democrats voted in March to end certain Obamacare subsidies they now seek to extend.
- Fox News, Townhall and The Daily Wire highlighted the findings, and Fox reported ABC, NBC and CBS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.