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Donald Trump's Negative Media Coverage
The media coverage of the 2016 presidential election was unquestionably negative; with the majority of the coverage being negative for all candidates, especially Donald Trump. However, it should be noted that approximately 77% of all media coverage during the election was negative towards Donald Trump. While this may seem like a high amount, Trump received 73% of all GOP coverage and his name was mentioned 1,458,729 times on television. This unfairness is what drove Donald Trump to be the nominee of the GOP. In comparison, Hillary Clinton received 76.1% of all of the democratic coverage and 652,049 mentions on television. The majority of this coverage had a tendency to be negative for both candidates. Donald Trump's negative coverage came
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