Saturday, December 30, 2017

Donald Trump magazine covers: How the news media treat our 45th president

It’s amazing to compare the magazine cover treatment of President Donald Trump to that of his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Obama was beloved by the news media and given reverent treatment on magazine covers. He was illustrated as a superhero, feminist and messiah.
Trump is clearly hated by the media and often depicted as a buffoon, a racist, a criminal and a sociopath. He gets even worse treatment by foreign magazines than domestic publications.
For a summary of studies showing the news media’s negative coverage of Trump, read this article titled “Do The Media Hate Trump? Yes, The Numbers Don’t Lie.”
For a look at how Obama was portrayed in magazine covers check out these articles by the Guardian and the Huffington Post.
What follows is a listing of articles I’ve done this year on how Trump has been depicted in magazine covers.

Trump looking desperate on latest magazine covers (Dec. 27, 2017)

President Trump depicted as creepy clown, wrecking ball on latest magazine covers (Nov. 4, 2017)

President Trump depicted as Nazi, racist, insane on latest magazine covers (Oct. 13, 2017)

Magazine covers depict President Trump as warmonger, KKK member and mental patient (Aug. 20, 2017)

President Trump magazine covers, six months in (July 23, 2017)

Overseas magazines trash President Trump (May 26, 2017)

Trump magazine covers update: Three months on the job (April 22, 2017)

Magazines go over the top with President Trump covers (Feb. 25 2017)

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