Cable News Devotes 30 Seconds to Mass Arrests Protesting Political Corruption
Cable News Devotes 30 Seconds to Mass Arrests Protesting Political Corruption
The Intercept_
Lee Fang, Zaid Jilani
4/12/16
THE DEMOCRACY SPRING, a protest movement calling on Congress to end the corruption of big money in our politics and ensure free and fair elections, converged on Capitol Hill on Monday, staging a nonviolent sit-in that resulted in over 400 arrests a massive number by Washington sit-in standards.
While the action, dubbed #DemocracySpring, garnered wide coverage on social media and over 136,000 tweets, cable news programs found little time to cover the political protests, instead focusing largely on horse-race coverage of the presidential candidates for most of the day.
During daytime and afternoon news segments, CNN did not devote any coverage to the actions. MSNBC mentioned the protests for approximately 12 seconds, while Fox News mentioned the arrests and discussed the protests for about 17 seconds.
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