Rachel F.'s AP US Govt. Blog

1. How many total Republicans in Congress have already announced that they will not run for reelection in 2018? 14 (12 House Republicans and 2 Senators) 2. How many total Democrats in Congress have already announced that they will not run for reelection in 2018? 3 (3 House Democrats and 0 Senators) 3. What is so unique about the discrepancy between these two groups? The high number of Republicans who are leaving suggests that they anticipate a wave of Democratic popularity. Their actions could contribute to such a Democratic trend. 4. What factors do the authors of the article suggest are behind these decisions not to run for reelection? Republicans may fear backlash against the whole party due to the unpopularity of Donald Trump. Some may just be getting old. Others may not want to face tougher elections now that the Republican party appears to be weakening. 5.  Why might the elections for those in "safe red districts" be more difficult than in rece...

1. What three observations did the study find about media outlets with a right leaning audience? These media outlets hard reporters who were less likely to challenge what the president said, offered fewer negative and more positive evaluations of Trump, and used fewer types of sources for the reporting. 2. How did right leaning media outlets and left leaning media outlets use sources differently? The right leaning media tends not to use Trump and his administration, outside experts, or interest groups. On the other hand, left leaning audience outlets used a variety of sources, with 70% containing two or more types of sources. 3. How much more likely were left leaning outlets to include negative coverage of Trump? Left leaning outlets were three times more likely to cover Trump negatively compared to right leaning sources. 4. How often did left leaning and right leaning outlets refute something said by Trump? It was 7 times more common in left leaning outlets than in...

1. What news events are being covered by major outlets as the same time as Hurricane Maria?  Other issues were a health care bill that failed to pass, Alabama's primary elections, and Trump's argument with NFL protests. 2. Use the first chart to estimate about how many fewer times Hurricane Maria & Puerto Rico are mentioned online than the hurricanes that hit the mainland US. It was mentioned about 5-6 times less than Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. 3. Use the second chart to estimate about how much less time was devoted to  Hurricane Maria & Puerto Rico in TV coverage than the hurricanes that hit the mainland US.  Hurricane Maria received less than about a third of the times or Harvey and of Irma. 4. Which two networks mentioned Hurricane Maria the most?  CNN and BBC 5. What do some cite as the reason for Puerto Rico being treated differently by the media?  Puerto Rico is a US territory rather than a state. 6....