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TV vs. Trump in 2018: Lots of Russia, and 91% Negative Coverage (Again!) (MRC)
So far, 2018 looks an awful lot like 2017 — at least when it comes to the broadcast networks’ hostile approach to Donald Trump. A Media Research Center analysis of the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts in January and February found ten times more negative comments about the President than positive statements, and found the ongoing Russia investigation once again swamped all other topics.
For this study, MRC analysts looked at all 505 evening news stories that mentioned President Trump or his administration in January and February. Out of 851 total minutes of airtime devoted to the administration, the networks spent almost one-fourth of it (204 minutes, or 24%) on the Russia investigation, eclipsing other major topics such as the economy, immigration reform, and even the gun debate. [Read More]
College or Trade School? It’s a Tough Call for Many Teens (WSJ)
Raelee Nicholson earns A’s in her honors classes at a public high school south of Pittsburgh and scored in the 88th percentile on her college boards.
But instead of going to college, Ms. Nicholson hopes to attend a two-year technical program that will qualify her to work as a diesel mechanic. Her guidance counselor, two teachers and several other adults tell her she’s making a mistake.
“My dentist told me to (work on cars) as a hobby, but she kept telling me with my potential I should really go to college,” said Ms. Nicholson, a junior at Charleroi Area High School in western Pennsylvania. [Read More]
Virginia dad forces ‘bully’ son, 10, to run to school in rain after being banned from bus (Fox News)
A Virginia father posted a Facebook video that he says shows his 10-year-old son running to school in the rain as a form of punishment for bullying in school and being banned from the school bus.
Bryan Thornhill said his technique is working. He said his son was “out of his mind” last week and — since the punnishment — has not gotten into trouble.
“This right here is called parenting,” he said, according to a Daily Mail report. [Read More]
Bush says Trump ‘makes me look pretty good’ by comparison: report (The Hill)
Former President George W. Bush often jokes that President Trump‘s administration makes his own former White House team look “pretty good,” according to a Republican source.
The former Republican president regularly knocks the current administration, a source close to the Trump administration told National Journal, unable to understand why the White House often seems to be in chaos.
“Bush is often heard to remark, unable to stifle his trademark smirk: ‘Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn’t it?’ ” National Journal reported. [Read More]
A Maryland House of Delegates committee has killed a bill that would have prohibited tackling in football and heading in soccer by kids in elementary and middle school.
The Ways and Means Committee overwhelmingly rejected the measure, which its sponsor had called a “public health” bill.
“I really did not expect it to pass, but I think it’s a conversation we have to have and I don’t think the conversation is over,” Del. Terri Hill, the Howard County Democrat who filed the legislation, said Monday. [Read More]
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