Media gave much less play to Trump’s ‘vermin’ comment than Clinton remark

Main networks gave 18 times more coverage to 2016 deplorables' remark; while top papers give it 29 times more, Media Matters finds

Major US news outlets devoted significantly less time and space to covering Donald Trump's description of his enemies as vermin" this month than they did in a similar period in 2016 to Hillary Clinton's reference to Trump's supporters as deplorables", a new study has found.

Findings by the progressive watchdog Media Matters included 18 times more coverage of Clinton's remark than Trump's by the Big Three" broadcast networks (NBC, ABC and CBS) in the first week after the remark was made; and print reports among the top five circulating newspapers (Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today) in which mention of Clinton's remark outnumbered Trump's 29-1 in the same period.