The media spent a LOT more time this election writing about Trump than Hillary Clinton. The Washington Post tracked the headlines on Google News throughout the election and found that basically, on any given day that wasn't dominated by news about Clinton's emails, the media was writing about Trump. In fact, Trump appeared prominently on the Google News homepage about two times more often than Clinton did.

Trump and his supporters are also correct in assuming much of that coverage was negative. A Harvard study after the election found Trump received negative coverage over positive coverage by a ratio as much as 8-to-1 at some outlets.