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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calling Trump MF Got 5x More Coverage Than Steve King's White Supremacist Quote
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9:40Now PlayingWhen it comes to a congresswoman cursing versus a congressman embracing white supremacy, cable news apparently believes the cursing deserves more coverage -- five times more coverage, to be exact.
On January 4, the day after Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) referred to President Donald Trump by saying “Impeach the motherfucker” during a reception with supporters, cable news outlets (CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC) spent over two and a half hours discussing the topic. In comparison, in the roughly 24 hours following the publication of Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) comments in The New York Times that showed him embracing white supremacy, cable news devoted just under 30 minutes of coverage to the congressman’s racism.
Cristina Lopez, Deputy Director of Extremism at Media Matters spoke with Roland Martin during Friday's edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered about the uneven mainstream media coverage of Reps Tlaib and King. Read more
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