Article in Media Matters by Harrison Ray, 12/10/24
Headline: “Cable news is barely covering Trump and GOP plans to slash Medicaid’
Subhead: “CNN and Fox News almost completely ignored the Republicans’ plans”
“Cable news networks largely ignored changes the incoming Trump administration and congressional Republicans are reportedly considering to limit access to Medicaid.
The proposals have raised alarms among health care advocates, who warn of potentially devastating impacts to vulnerable populations including children, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Since November 14, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC have given the Republicans’ potential plans only 40 minutes of coverage. MSNBC led networks with over 33 minutes coverage. However, both CNN and Fox News largely failed to cover the story
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Article in Media Matters by Gideon Taffe, 12/11/24
Headline: “Fox News is downplaying Donald Trump’s extreme agenda as moderate”
“As Donald Trump prepares to begin his second term in office, Fox News is downplaying his agenda that threatens to deport millions of people, implement destructive economic policy, roll back reproductive rights, enact “retribution” against his rivals, promote anti-vaccine figures to be in charge of public health, and radically gut federal entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-downplaying-donald-trumps-extreme-agenda-moderate