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Study: "The New York Times and The Washington Post have run a total of 115 news stories in their print editions mentioning the caravan over the last three weeks. Each paper has run at least one such story on its front page on nine of the last 10 days."
mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/0…
"The only caravan crisis is the one Fox and Trump wanted to create in order to help Republicans triumph in the midterms. But the crisis in political journalism is real and ongoing."
mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/0…
If the GOP wins next week, refer back to this thread.
Remember when the NYT reported on its front page that Trump is using an unsecured personal cell phone that has been tapped by Russia and China, who are using what they learn to manipulate them, and he knows it, but he refuses to stop? That was a one-day story.
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STUDY: NY Times, Wash. Post coverage of caravan plummets after midterms

News stories referencing the caravan have dropped by more than half post-elections, front-page ones by more than two-thirds

mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/1…
In the eight days before the election, the Times and Post ran a total of 84 news stories in their print editions mentioning the caravan, putting 25 on the front page. In the eight days since, they ran 39 such stories, only eight of which ran on A1.
Look at those post-election declines in caravan coverage.
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This is a bad take. WH press briefings are no longer a source of reliable information about US politics. It's an abdication of responsibility to suggest that attending WH briefings is the only way to report on politics. The job of a journalist is to find facts, not wait for them.
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