The Democratic clamor for presidential impeachment seems to be growing by the day.
Looking closely, we see that media coverage of impeachment ticked up shortly after Trump's election and really took off in the aftermath of his firing of FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, accelerating steadily over the last two years.
Web searches about impeachment seem to have largely faded.
The topic of impeachment appears to have drawn little attention from the three cable channels until late 2013 when the immigration battle between then-President Obama and congressional Republicans intensified.
In 2013-2014 it was MSNBC that mentioned impeachment the most, covering it twice as much as Fox News and almost eight times as much as CNN. In the Trump era, all three stations have covered the topic roughly equally, until last month when MSNBC focused on impeachment almost as much as the other two channels combined.
This media interest in impeachment doesn't appear to be matched by public interest.
In the end, it seems the public has largely moved on from the topic, suggesting they may not share Washington's apparent enthusiasm for another impeachment trial.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/22/impeachment_coverage_has_surged_as_public_interest_wanes_140398.html
Looking closely, we see that media coverage of impeachment ticked up shortly after Trump's election and really took off in the aftermath of his firing of FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, accelerating steadily over the last two years.
Web searches about impeachment seem to have largely faded.
The topic of impeachment appears to have drawn little attention from the three cable channels until late 2013 when the immigration battle between then-President Obama and congressional Republicans intensified.
In 2013-2014 it was MSNBC that mentioned impeachment the most, covering it twice as much as Fox News and almost eight times as much as CNN. In the Trump era, all three stations have covered the topic roughly equally, until last month when MSNBC focused on impeachment almost as much as the other two channels combined.
This media interest in impeachment doesn't appear to be matched by public interest.
In the end, it seems the public has largely moved on from the topic, suggesting they may not share Washington's apparent enthusiasm for another impeachment trial.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/22/impeachment_coverage_has_surged_as_public_interest_wanes_140398.html
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