This project uses the number of articles containing certain terms to show how the conversation in The New York Times (NYT) changed following the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Just like the characters in Clint Eastwood’s famous spaghetti western, Trump's rise highlighted good (a heightened national belonging for many (albeit mostly white) Americans), bad (political polarization), and ugly (social discrimination) characteristics of US society.
The report can be found here.
The code can be found here.
Sources:
Boyer (2019) https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26454551/donald-trump-interview-new-york-times-media-objectivity/
New York Times (2021) https://developer.nytimes.com/apis
Rutenberg (2016) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/business/balance-fairness-and-a-proudly-provocative-presidential-candidate.html
Statology (2021) https://www.statology.org/interpret-z-scores/