The Washington Post’s coverage of the senator, the GOP vice-presidential candidate. JD VanceThe Republican, R-Ohio, has been overwhelmingly negative, with almost none of his content resembling anything positive in recent weeks, Fox News Digital found.
According to its online search results, from August 6 to September 30, 71% of The Post’s content was negative. Only 1.4% were positive, while about 28% were neutral.
Search results included news reports, opinion pieces, political cartoons, videos and podcast links from when his Democratic opponent, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate. Negative consequences include unpleasant reports about the candidate.
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Fox News Digital has found that more than 70% of The Washington Post’s coverage of Senator J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, has been negative. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Seventeen of the 49 negative results, or more than a third, involved his comments about Springfield, Ohio. Three of them took his quote about school shootings out of context when he said, “I don’t like that it’s a fact of life.” Also among the negative results were five separate fact-checks against Vance, three of which resulted in the harshest rating of the “Four Pinocchios”.
Last week The Post made headlines received private messages Vance criticized then-President Trump in 2020.
Perhaps the most prolific in anti-Vance criticism has been columnist Philip Bump, who wrote at least ten pieces during a 55-day period primarily attacking the Republican hopeful.
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Expectations are dimming for Vance ahead of Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate with fellow columnist Jennifer Rubin Walz, In an excerpt titled, “Vance better brace himself: His debate could be as bad as Trump’s.”
The only remotely positive article Fox News Digital was able to find there was an op-ed With the headline “J.D. Vance isn’t wrong about the value of family caregivers.”
The Washington Post has published only one positive article about Vance since August 6. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
Walz, meanwhile, has received much better coverage since joining the Democratic ticket. More than 50% of The Post’s coverage was either positive or took a defensive stance toward the Minnesota governor. Only 8% of the coverage was negative, and 41% of the results were neutral.
Of the eight negative articles in the search results, two were about how Walz was facing “new scrutiny” on himself. military service record as well as its operation 2020 George Floyd riots in minneapolis.
While Vance was the subject of five fact-checks, Walz was the main subject of only two, One of them Rated “Four Pinocchios.” Walz was among the fact-checking speakers on the third day of the Democratic National Convention.
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The only opinion piece critical of the governor to Fox News Digital was written by columnist Kathleen Parker on August 30. His history of dishonesty,
Despite keeping a largely low profile, especially from the media, Walz was showered with glowing pieces by The Post right out of the gate.
“Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to vice presidential candidate,” read a headline The day Harris announced his running mate. The next day, columnist Michelle L. Norris laid out “6 Reasons Tim Walz Was the Right Choice.” The day after, The Post published the story “Harris and Walz take lighthearted messages in contrast to darker Trump themes.”
Fox News Digital found that more than 50% of The Washington Post’s coverage of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been positive while only 8% has been negative. (Detroit Free Press/Adam Vander Kooy/via USA TODAY Network Images)
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According to The Post, Walz was a figure of political evolution in stories such as “How Tim Walz became one of the NRA-backers”. gun-control supporters” and “How many black women Shaped the politics of Tim Walz After the death of George Floyd.”
Additionally, the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper made Walz a fashion icon with stories such as “For Tim Walz”.a dad in plaid,’ Dressing down is leveling up” and “Viral Harris-Walz Camo hat based on red-state styleDraw the ire of the NRA.” He became the pinnacle of masculinity in articles like “Masculinity’s check-engine light is on. Let’s take a look at Tim Walz” and “Tim Walz as football coach: A loud, stubborn joker,
More recently, The Post ran a headline “Democrats embrace football’s political power, choosing ‘Coach Walz’ as VP,” Sunday read.
The Washington Post did not immediately respond. fox news digitalRequest for comment.
