BRIANNA JANUARY & REBECCA DAMANTE

A Media Matters analysis of broadcast and cable news found that networks discussed anti-LGBTQ violence and homicides only 22 times for less than 40 minutes across seven channels in 2017, even though it was the deadliest year in hate violence against the community since at least 2012. The majority of the coverage was about two specific stories and came on just four days, and the networks rarely noted the trend of increasing anti-LGBTQ violence nationwide in their coverage. Top trends from a year of anti-LGBTQ violence coverage on broadcast and cable TV news Media Matters analyzed 2017 coverage of the […]