CNN loves Donald Trump, Fox loves Hillary Clinton, and it’s all less strange than it sounds

[Commentary] No matter what cable new channel you watch, you saw a lot of Donald Trump in 2015, and you saw a lot more of Hillary Clinton than any of her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. If you watch one network in particular, though, you saw a ton of Trump - almost twice as much as you saw of Clinton. And if you watch another leading network, you will have seen as much of Clinton as you did of Trump, and almost nothing about Clinton's liberal challengers. That Trump-loving network is CNN. The one that talks a lot more about Clinton is Fox News. It's less strange than it sounds.

Fox is not known for its frequent puff pieces on Hillary Clinton; one clue for why she shows up so much more on its shows, comparatively speaking, comes from the Internet Archive. It lists 1,500 individual shows mentioning "Benghazi" on Fox for 2015, compared to about 650 on CNN. It's likely that the extra airtime Clinton is receiving on Fox, in other words, has often been spent discussing scandals surrounding her and her candidacy.