Conservative media thrives, grows broader under Trump

Driving the news: An analysis of conservative websites by the Columbia Journalism Review using Comscore data found that there’s been a rise in right-wing web “tabloidism” since President Trump took office.

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Several right-leaning media outlets, like the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times and RedState, are experiencing major growth by widening their coverage. Their goal is to cover whatever is capturing the world’s attention that day, from human interest stories to trending entertainment developments, according to the report.

Be smart: This has long been a tactic of The Hill, a Washington-based news outlet that boasts high social traffic numbers, due in part to its ability to cover lots of different breaking news quickly.

Meanwhile, outlets that don’t go as wide, like The Federalist and Breitbart, haven’t experienced the same growth, per the report. And outlets that refuse to go too hyper-political, like the Weekly Standard, have shuttered.

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