Mentions I tracked on Fox News from 12 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET
Fauci: 89
El-Sayed: 64
WNBA: 64
AOC: 59
Hong: 52
Sophie Cunningham: 34
Mamdani: 32
Hasan Piker: 29
As we get closer to the midterms, I think it’s insightful to track what Fox News is focusing its coverage on. This list is based on a review of all Fox News programming from 12 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET (Outnumbered to Hannity), relying on video and transcriptions from the programs.
Some notes on the count:
Fauci was mostly mentioned in connection with released text messages.
Some of El-Sayed’s coverage was focused on his comments on health care.
While some of the WNBA coverage did mention Sophie Cunningham, a lot of it seemed more focused on pushing the WNBA to accept Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White.
The majority of AOC’s coverage was focused on her “woke 1” comment. Will Cain devoted most of his opening to her past comments and tweets. Her mention count would be higher, but she was mentioned only four times on the show despite her tweets and videos making up a large portion of Cain’s opening.
Hong’s mentions came either in reference to the upcoming election or AOC’s comments.
A lot of Mamdani’s mentions came from repeated references to a hearing on the pied-à-terre tax.
Hasan Piker’s mentions don’t count every time they used images of him in the background while covering candidates.