Daniel S. Nagin

A Murder and Protests, the Capitol Riot, and the Chauvin Trial: Estimating Disparate News Media Stance

In this paper, we analyze the responses of three major US cable news networks to three seminal policing events in the US spanning a thirteen month period--the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, the Capitol riot, Chauvin's conviction, and his sentencing. We cast the problem of ag…