Study: Cable and broadcast news networks largely ignore planned net neutrality repeal

In the eight days after news broke that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants to fully repeal network neutrality rules, cable and broadcast news networks -- aside from MSNBC -- have given the story very little coverage. 

• The broadcast networks’ morning news programs, nightly newscasts, and Sunday political talk shows covered net neutrality for a combined 2 minutes and 26 seconds.
• CNN devoted less than 10 minutes to net neutrality. Fox News covered the story for just over 11 minutes, and the bulk of coverage was interviews with Pai defending his proposal.
• While MSNBC devoted the most coverage (nearly 47 minutes) to the story, NBC failed to cover net neutrality on both NBC Nightly News and the network’s flagship Sunday political talk show, Meet the Press.