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I examined the total鈥痑irtime of鈥痭ews coverage of the truckers protest in Ottawa by鈥�10 news channels: (BLOOMBERG,鈥疌NBC,CNN,鈥疐OXNEWS, MSNBC,鈥疉LJAZEERA,鈥疊BCNEWS,鈥疍W,鈥疪T, and鈥疌BS), and鈥疘 used Google鈥檚 GDELT for this inquiry.

To search these channels, I used the following terms: 鈥渃onvoy protest鈥�, 鈥渢ruckers protest鈥�, 鈥渢ruckers convoy鈥�, 鈥渢rucker protest鈥�, 鈥渇reedom convoy鈥�, 鈥渢rucker protest鈥� and by specifying the following dates during which the event was mentioned: 1/13/2022 until 4/12/2022.

Theoretically, the more attention given to a topic, the more important it is for the news organization.

The second point is the framing of the protest that is often described in relation to freedom of expression and/or movement.鈥疐or example, I 鈥痑nalyzed the terms that RT mostly used in鈥痙escribing鈥痶he movement and it is actually the phrase 鈥渇reedom convoy鈥� (mentioned 1032 times) and it got the highest airtime coverage, too (see the鈥痸isualization below).

Other鈥痗ommon phrases鈥痑ssociated with the news鈥痗overage鈥痠nclude鈥�減eaceful demonstration鈥� and 鈥減eaceful protestors鈥�, indicating the channel鈥檚 preference in framing the protestors.

The link鈥痓elow shows another visualization of RT鈥檚 news coverage.

Finally, it is interesting to see in鈥� 鈥痶he type of sources and people RT decided to interview to cover the convoy protest.