News in Review: Wednesday, February 1, 2023

What does the news landscape look like?

The Tyre Nichols story has continued to recede since losing the top spot yesterday. Articles about Trump, DeSantis, and the future of the GOP are dominating the news cycle. George Santos’ withdrawal from House committees has moved the broader story about Kevin McCarthy and committee assignments into second place.

This is how the top stories were covered on each side of the media yesterday:

• Trump / DeSantis (92% more on the left)

• McCarthy / committees / Santos (13% more on the left)

• Tyre Nichols (42% more on the left)

Media bias ratings are from AllSides.

This is how articles from liberal and conservative outlets were distributed over the past five days amongst the top stories.

Liberal outlets used these words more than conservative outlets:

• black (1.8x)

• russian (1.5x)

• district (1.4x)

Conservative outlets used these words more than liberal outlets:

• border (7.5x)

• emergency (5.4x)

• abortion (3.1x)