Blog 2.5: “FoxNews & the Agenda”

1. In the two weeks approaching the mid term elections, what % of coverage did FoxNews dedicate to coverage of the caravan in Central America?
-3%

2. Compare mentions on CNN and Fox on Monday & Tuesday to mentions on Wednesday & Thursday.
-there were 80, and 40 mentions of the caravan on monday and tuesday but less than 80 combined mentioned wednesday and tuesday

3. Which of the four networks covered by the chart devoted the most coverage to the caravan?
-Fox Business

4. Where does the article claim that the caravan is currently?
-Mexico City

5. What other stories may have taken coverage away from the caravan?
-election results, Jeff Sessions “resignation,” and any other Trump nonsense

6. How did Trump impact coverage of the caravan leading up to the election?
-Trump mentioned the caravan in most of his speeches and tweets

7. What event had a similar impact on the 2016 election?
-Comey’s reveal of new Clinton emails 

8. What event had a similar impact on the 2014 election?
-Ebola crisis

9. Why does the article suggest that Fox may have covered the caravan more than other networks?
-it makes the connection that the caravan was a campaign tactic and FoxNews’s audience is very conservative and supports Trump so they would hype what the president says