<p>How are the latest Ukraine developments being covered on television news? The <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatvai&t=summary&ocr=%28%22ukraine%22+OR+%22ukrainian%22+OR+%22kiev%22%29&ts=custom&sdt=20220101000000&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3ABBCNEWS&fts=2&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&svhm=no&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swca=no&swcc=no&swccn=yes&swco=no&swcv=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">timeline</a> below shows the total seconds of airtime across CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BBC News London since the start of this year in which Ukraine was mentioned somewhere in the onscreen text, showing a surge of mentions starting in late January, then declining through around February 11th, before surging again and then leveling off or declining slightly.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo lazyload" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569909.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Graph" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p> <p>Just since the start of this year, CNN has <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatvai&t=summary&ocr=%28%22ukraine%22+OR+%22ukrainian%22+OR+%22kiev%22%29&ts=custom&sdt=20220101000000&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3ABBCNEWS&fts=2&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&svhm=no&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swca=no&swcc=no&swccn=yes&swco=no&swcv=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">mentioned</a> Ukraine more than twice as much as Fox News.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo lazyload" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569910.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Graph" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p> <p>Looking at spoken <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=%28ukraine+OR+ukrainian+OR+kiev%29&ts=custom&sdt=20220101000000&edt=20220219235959&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fs=station%3AALJAZ&fs=station%3ABBCNEWS&fs=station%3ADW&fs=station%3ART&fdn=raw&fts=3&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">mentions</a> of Ukraine and adding several additional international channels, a similar pattern emerges, though with an additional surge of mentions about a week earlier.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo lazyload" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569911.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Graph" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p> <p>Since the start of this year, Al Jazeera, Russia Today and DW have <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=%28ukraine+OR+ukrainian+OR+kiev%29&ts=custom&sdt=20220101000000&edt=20220219235959&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fs=station%3AALJAZ&fs=station%3ABBCNEWS&fs=station%3ADW&fs=station%3ART&fdn=raw&fts=3&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">mentioned</a> Ukraine the most.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo lazyload" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569912.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Graph" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p> <p>Looking instead at <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=putin&ts=custom&sdt=20220101000000&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fs=station%3AALJAZ&fs=station%3ABBCNEWS&fs=station%3ADW&fs=station%3ART&fdn=raw&fts=2&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">mentions</a> of Putin, rather than Ukraine, Al Jazeera, DW and Russia Today rank at the bottom, with CNN and MSNBC mentioning Putin the most, reflecting differing narrative framings that emphasize either Ukraine or Russia more.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo lazyload" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569913.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Graph" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p>