Fig. 4
From: Evaluating the long-term portrayal of antibiotic resistance in major U.S. newspapers
Word stems for medical entities involved in antibiotic resistance (i.e., “doctor”, “hospit”, and “patient”) consistently received more attention than government agencies responsible for policy. Within news articles citing the CDC, FDA, or USDA, antibiotic resistance was most often attributed to overuse of antibiotics in animals for growth promotion and inappropriate prescribing by doctors. The bar chart shows the proportion of instances where resistance was attributed to a source. Instances were split evenly when an article mentioned more than one source of resistance. Note that articles with zero identified sources were excluded