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muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 07:50 PM Nov 2018

The caravan has all but vanished from cable news

Over the final two weeks of the midterm elections, according to closed-captioning data compiled by the Internet Archive, Fox News and Fox Business Channel each mentioned the word caravan in an average of a little over 3 percent of 15-second segments over the course of a day. In other words, the caravan was mentioned an average of almost eight times an hour. On CNN and MSNBC, the mentions were more modest, but not nonexistent.

On Monday, both CNN and Fox News mentioned the caravan more than 80 times. On Tuesday, more than 40. On Wednesday and Thursday, the subject was raised fewer than 80 times across CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business combined.



The caravan still exists, in several parts. Having reached Mexico City — still hundreds of miles from the U.S. border — many caravan participants paused for several days, but the procession voted Thursday night to begin walking again Friday morning.

Why did caravan coverage drop off? One reason, certainly, is that there’s been a glut of other news: the midterm elections results, the resignation of former attorney general Jeff Sessions, Trump’s interactions with the press. More pressing news didn’t curtail Fox News and Fox Business from consistently talking about the migrants. In late October, the arrest of a suspect in a series of attempted mail bombings and the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh prompted CNN and MSNBC to taper off discussion of the caravan. The Foxes didn’t.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/09/caravan-has-all-vanished-cable-news/
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The caravan has all but vanished from cable news (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2018 OP
It failed to serve its purpose. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #1
Just more evidence that Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #2
carrying water and milking ratings Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #6
I'm worried..... LunaSea Nov 2018 #3
Blue tsunami got 'em Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #5
Good one. nt Blue_true Nov 2018 #7
The Folks are still walking north. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #9
Same with Ebola in the 2014 midterms. It was Ebola, Ebola, Ebola until the election. Then nothing. Doodley Nov 2018 #4
Just like I figured it would Windy City Charlie Nov 2018 #8

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. It failed to serve its purpose.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 08:00 PM
Nov 2018

But Trump will seize on another racist meme fairly soon, if past history is a guide.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,041 posts)
5. Blue tsunami got 'em
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:28 PM
Nov 2018

Funny how that works, though. You'd think all the networks would have video when a tsunami hits.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. The Folks are still walking north.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 10:05 PM
Nov 2018

The most likely timing is Xmas or later. The European Press is embedded with the Refugees and are reporting that Mexican Families are taking many of these folks in as the group moves northward.


Notice it was the NYTimes that seemed to drive the Narrative for Political Reasons and was picked up by Fake Noise where as Trump was the mouth piece for this Narrative.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
8. Just like I figured it would
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:42 PM
Nov 2018

The way Trump made it sound, I didn't think he'd be able to go on his European trip. He made it sound like they're were ready to invade our border....now it's nothing but crickets. The reason it tapered off is because Trump couldn't use it for a fear-mongering election issue any further now that the elections are over.

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