In other words, it allows us to generate actual data on the madness of the 2017 news year, by network and day. Here, for example, is the chart for the word Russia when considered in the context of President Trump. In other words, this is how often five national news networks — Bloomberg News, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News and MSNBC — mentioned the Russia investigation on-air. Overall, though, notice the two networks that mentioned it the most were CNN and MSNBC, with Fox News generally not mentioning it quite as much. The soaring price of bitcoin meant a great deal of attention on the financial networks (though less on the more mainstream news outlets).

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2017 21:39 UTC