After President Trump's first 100 days a Harvard study found CNN and NBC's coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive. By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].
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After President Trump's first 100 days a Harvard study found CNN and NBC's coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>
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As 2018 progressed, the inflammatory rhetoric was ramoed up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage negative, as domestic, economic and foreign policy successes were ignored.
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As 2018 progressed and President Trump's addroval ratings gained, the inflammatory rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage negative, as domestic, economic and foreign policy successes were ignored.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>