For June and July – a period of 61 days – Trump’s name appeared 33 times in Washington Post Page-One headlines.
Biden, who is the current president, skated away with just 14 Page-One mentions.
Moreover, 31 of the 33 headlines with Trump’s name in them were negative. For example:
- “Justice Dept. reveals damning details in Trump case”
- “U.S.: Trump flouted law all along way”
In contrast, eight of the 14 Biden mentions were positive, such as these:
- “Biden announces new loan forgiveness”
- “Biden’s border authority affirmed”
Something is wrong here. Trump is not the president; Biden is. That is not to say that Trump is not newsworthy. He is. After all, polls show he is the leading Republican contender for the 2024 presidential nomination.
But more than twice as much front-page coverage of Trump as of Biden seems a little over the top.
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