Media Matters searched transcripts in the Kinetiq video database for all original programming on Fox News Channel for the term “Gendron” from 8 p.m. ET May 14, 2022, when cable news first mentioned the Buffalo shooter by name, through 8 p.m. ET May 17, 2022, and for the term “Ramos” from 5 p.m. ET May 24, 2022, when cable news first mentioned the Uvalde shooter by name, through 5 p.m. May 27, 2022.
We reviewed all mentions for whether they clearly referenced Payton Gendron or Salvador Ramos. We included mentions only from anchors, hosts, correspondents, or analysts employed by the networks; we did not include mentions from guests. We also did not include mentions within played clips or during live coverage of press conferences. We counted each such instance of either term as a single mention.