Little Television News Coverage Of Iowa Derecho Storm
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A derecho storm caused widespread damage in Iowa last week but attracted little media attention, leading one Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist to lament in a piece in the Washington Post that the destruction just doesn't appear to be of interest to the national media. Just how little coverage did the storms get?
The timeline below shows total number of television news mentions of Iowa over the course of this year on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, showing the primary debacle in February attracted sustained national attention, while last week's derecho storm is barely a blip.
Fox News actually covered the storm more than CNN and MSNBC.
