Thread by @VABVOX

In data from @FiveThirtyEight and GDELT tracking, #Biden is leading TV mentions. This is pushing down poll numbers for other candidates.

Biden - 4,317
Sanders - 461
Warren - 1,090
Harris - 146
Buttigieg - 88
O'Rourke - 118
Booker - 142
Klobuchar - 47
Yang - 41
Castro - 21

These numbers should embarrass the MSM. #Harris is polling 4th yet she has less than 2% of #Biden's mentions, only 10% of #Warren's. #Buttigieg is polling right behind Harris and he has only half her mentions. Yet #Booker is almost equal to Harris. While #Castro--almost nothing.

The week showed a big drop in mentions for #Harris and #Sanders, despite high profile appearances for both on major TV shows. The disconnect is striking, particularly since both have rolled out new policy and important changes in their campaigns.

Throughout the primary the MSM has given women candidates about half as much coverage as the white male candidates. For example, O'Rourke had received more coverage than all the women candidates combined for several months, despite polling in the low single digits.

For more details, the graphs and percentages are available here:

The Media Mentioned Biden More Than All The 2020 Primary Candidates Combined Last Week 53eig.ht/2oBqo9k

Here is the data link for the GDELT project, so you can track the presidential race yourself, should you want to.
blog.gdeltproject.org/campaign-2020-…