The phrase "Republicans pounce" (sometimes "conservatives pounce") is a term used by some conservative commentators in the United States to illustrate perceived media bias against Republicans and conservatives. These commentators have argued that journalists downplay controversies and potentially negative stories about Democrats, liberals, and progressives by emphasizing the Republican or conservative response, rather than the negative aspects of the stories themselves.[1][2][3][4]
Analyses of U.S. news stories have shown that the "pounces" phrasing is used with roughly equal frequency to refer to Republicans and Democrats, while acknowledging the difficulty of measuring the phenomenon qualitatively.[1][2]