Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original programming on Fox News Channel for any of the terms “Hunter,” “Biden,” “Bo,” “Beau,” or “Joe” within close proximity of any of the terms “New York Post,” “the Post,” “laptop,” “e-mail,” “email,” “Burisma,” “Pozharskyi,” “MacBook,” “computer," “Shokin,” “Archer,” “Zlochevsky,” “Mesires,” “Bobulinski,” or “Costello” or any variation of the term “Ukraine” from October 24-26, 2020.
We also searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original programming on Fox News Channel for any of the terms “coronavirus,” “virus,” “COVID,” “COVID-19”, “pandemic,” or “outbreak” from October 24-26, 2020.
We timed any segment related to the New York Post’s Hunter Biden email story or the record number of new US coronavirus cases, which we defined as instances when either story was the stated topic of discussion or when there was “significant discussion” of either, which we defined as instances when two or more speakers in a multitopic segment discussed either. We timed only the relevant portions of such multitopic segments. We also timed passing mentions as well as teasers for upcoming segments about either story. We rounded all times to the nearest minute.