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Table 8 Media coverage of immigration on evening news broadcasts, 2006

From: Illegal immigration and media exposure: evidence on individual attitudes

 

Channels

 

Search terms

ABC

CBS

CNN

FOX

PBS

NBC

(A): “immigrants” OR “immigration”

178

65

215

261

60

154

(B): “illegal immigrants” OR “illegal immigration”

90

42

195

142

33

73

Difference: (A) − (B)

88

23

20

119

27

81

  1. number of articles with the specified search terms, from January to October 2006. In the case of Fox News, searches are from the O’Reilly Factor. Source: Dow Jones Factiva archive