A study found that the evening newscast coverage of Trump's Cabinet picks was almost entirely negative on ABC, CBS, and NBC.

A study from the Media Research Center reveals that flagship evening newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC have been mostly negative when reporting on some of President-elect Donald Trump's major Cabinet picks.

The MRC analyzed the coverage of Trump's Cabinet appointees on ABC, CBS, and NBC from December 1-14, with a primary focus on Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, while also including the other appointments.

During the 2-week period, Trump's nominees received a total of 60 minutes and 47 seconds of coverage, with 96% of it being negative, according to a conservative media watchdog group.

Bill D'Agostino, a senior research analyst at MRC, stated that across all three networks, the coverage of Gabbard, Patel, and other nominees was entirely negative. Only Pete Hegseth, who received the most airtime, had four positive evaluative statements, all of which were about his mother describing him as "redeemed" and "a changed man."

"D'Agostino stated that the only positive commentary any Trump nominee received on the broadcast networks was from his own mother. The networks had a 96 percent negative tilt across their flagship evening newscasts and paid the most attention to Cabinet nominees who appeared to have the highest chances of sinking."

Over 14 minutes were spent by CBS on Hegseth, the most time out of all Trump's nominees, with a total of nearly 25 minutes devoted to them.

D'Agostino wrote that while CBS had the most negative overall coverage of the Trump transition (96.7%), they were actually softer on Hegseth than their counterparts, with 88% negative coverage, making them the only network of the three not to cross the 90% negative barrier.

NBC had the second-most negative coverage of Trump's selections, with 94.7% of the 21 minutes and three seconds spent on him being negative. The network spent over 11 minutes on Hegseth alone and was the only one to have 100% negative coverage of him, according to the MRC.

The study found that 90% of the 19 minutes and 25 seconds ABC spent on Trump's nominees was negative.

D'Agostino wrote that the network spent 13 minutes and 33 seconds of the time on Hegseth, with a 91% negative slant.

Besides Hegseth, Patel was the only other nominee who received more than a full minute of coverage from the trio of networks.

D'Agostino wrote that all three networks had consistently negative evaluations of Patel.

The MRC discovered that most of the reports about Hegseth focused on the few salacious accusations against him. However, the networks quickly lost interest once his chances of confirmation became more promising.

On Dec. 9, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, who was viewed as a crucial vote in the confirmation of Hegseth, initially showed reservations but agreed to give him a fair chance.

D'Agostino wrote that Hegseth received 37 out of his total 39 minutes of coverage from the three broadcast networks before December 10. This means that once his confirmation became probable, the networks abruptly lost interest in the scandals they had been covering for the previous week and a half.

On November 30, Patel was elected and the following evening, he received 18 minutes of immensely negative coverage on the evening newscasts, as reported by the MRC.

When key Republican Senators publicly indicated their support for Patel's confirmation, he became an afterthought, according to D'Agostino.

"On December 11, the day after Hegseth received public support, Patel became the most interesting Cabinet appointee again, receiving 193 seconds of airtime compared to Hegseth's 21 seconds. This pattern of focus indicates that the broadcast networks allocated their coverage of Cabinet appointees based on their perceived chances of sinking."

MRC founder and president Brent Bozell blasted the coverage as "appalling."

Bozell told Planet Chronicle Digital that the agenda is predictable and appalling, yet indefensible. However, America is seeing through it, and the media is wondering why their numbers are declining.

"The radicals' agenda to undermine and damage, even destroy, the president-elect is anti-American," Bozell stated. "This is reminiscent of 2016 when the radical media attempted to sabotage Donald Trump's presidency."