He not only surpassed President Obama's popular vote total from 2008 but with over 74 million votes, Joe Biden has managed to garner the highest number of votes ever for a single candidate. Media Tenor provided unique data on what potential voters see (and what they don't).  Obviously, this outcome would happen in a country that has suffered, in less than nine months, three times more deaths due to COVID-19 than the total number of U.S. military casualties in the Vietnam War. Economic ...

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And instead of U.S. citizens turning their back on the political system, their response is clear: 2020 will see the highest commitment from U.S. citizens to their democracy in decades, if not ever.

“What began in 2015 with the media thinking long-held standards in coverage no longer mattered because high audience numbers in the short term often resulted in unexpected profits is now coming to an end five years later,” says Roland Schatz, founder and CEO of Media Tenor. “No matt...

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With less than three weeks left until the 2020 elections and the cancellation of the most recent presidential debate, Trump has lost the chance to convince voters that he can help the U.S. deal with the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout. But with early voting and mail-in voting setting record numbers across the U.S., it is important for the media to resist the urge to declare a winner too soon. Additionally, four years later, it should now be public knowledge that Trump had a signifi...

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Years ago Media Tenor created the FAZ ranking of the most impactful economists, which makes it a special pleasure to say happy birth day to one off the most inspiring. One day after the Nobel Committee announced their preferred choice, Dennis Snower represents one of the rare scientists who, amongst all economists, is not only concerned about challenges and problems but who also goes the extra mile in trying to find and test solutions.

While president of the Kiel Institute for the W...

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However, Kamala Harris was said to perform better and her party continued to be portrayed more positively on the pandemic itself, according to new research from Media Tenor International. All in all, the second TV debate didn’t end with a complete success for Trump/Pence – the only result for the incumbent with a chance to change the overall disastrous media narrative which has worsened since Trump tested positive for the coronavirus and has reacted to that result erratically in public....

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