
A new study disproves Hillary Clinton's theory that media bias hurt her campaign and contributed to her loss. (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)
A new report from the Media Research Center squashes a claim from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that media bias aided in her loss to Donald Trump in last year's presidential election.
The media watchdog analyzed newscasts from the three leading nightly networks — NBC, ABC and CBS — for the entire campaign year (Jan. 1 to Nov. 7) and discovered results that contradict the claims of Clinton and her supporters. Here are the details:
Clinton claims, among a laundry list of reasons, the media was biased against her during her campaign and hurt the public's perception of her. Clinton wrote in her book of the media, according to The Hill:
Many in the political media don’t want to hear about how these things happened and how these things tipped the election in the final days. They say their beef is that I’m not taking responsibility for my mistakes — but I have and I do again throughout this book.Their real problem is they can’t bear to face their own role in helping elect Trump, from providing him free airtime to giving my emails three times more coverage than all the issues affecting people’s lives combined.
If it’s all my fault, then the media doesn’t need to do any soul searching. Republicans can say Putin’s meddling had no consequences. Democrats don’t need to question their own assumptions and prescriptions. Everyone can just move on. I wish it were that easy but it’s not.
Clinton also blames former FBI Director James Comey, Russia interference, and a whole host of other reasons for her loss.