The Driddle Report: Social Media Coverage

One current event getting a great deal of attention is the presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Politics is an area that is incredibly divisive with strong opposing opinions, and that can clearly be seen in news coverage. Some sources have a strong conservative bias like The Drudge Report, while others have a more liberal bias like The Huffington Post. There are those that also try to remain neutral, such as Reuters. Each site is accessible on different platforms and use social media to various levels to get there content out to readers.

The Drudge Report is a news aggregator that pulls stories from other source sites. Since the presidential campaign began, The Drudge Report has displayed articles that predominantly
They do post some of their stories on social media, but not regularly. As such, they don’t have many likes, comments, or shares to stories on Facebook with the last story having been posted on September 13, 2016 (https://www.facebook.com/drudgesiren/?fref=ts). This is where they are missing out on getting readers and presumably have an older demographic because of it. As classmates have mentioned throughout our class, many of them follow news pages on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with current news.

(Facebook Page of The Drudge Report. Last post was September 13, 2016 with no “likes” one comment and one
They do a decent job of sharing facts with their readers rather than opinions. Rueters doesn’t focus on either candidate specifically. Their website and mobile application are accessible and easy to use. As you can see below, the stories are focused on sharing facts and statements made by both candidates. Rueters shares both news articles along with videos from different debates. According to fanpagelist.com, Rueters ranks 13th across all news sites when ranked by number of followers on Facebook and Twitter.3 Their Facebook page is updated multiple times an hour with new news stories keeping there followers