The media's coverage about Donald Trump has been rampant compared to other 2016 presidential candidates, but claiming the top spot doesn't exactly mean positivity for the Republican hopeful.

The Washington Post's John Sides and others said that Trump's high standing in the polls could be the result of the media's high coverage of the business magnate, regardless if it's positive or not. Andy Samberg's opening monologue as the host of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards touched on Trump. The comedian delivered a brief joke pointing out how the media coverage "has largely been of Trump saying and doing horrible things," Vox wrote.

Majority of the news reports written about Trump highlights his racist remarks. In his announcement of his presidential candidacy, he referred to Mexicans as rapists, drug dealers, and criminals. And it's not just immigrants who are being targeted by Trump. Just recently, a Rolling Stone article reported about his criticism of fellow GOP candidate Carly Fiorina's physical appearance.

Last week, Muslims and Islam took center stage in the presidential campaign when Trump failed to correct a man who, at an event in New Hampshire, asked the former "Celebrity Apprentice" host, "We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims. When can we get rid of them?"

When asked on Sunday about whether he believes Muslims are an issue in the U.S., Trump answered, as quoted by The Telegraph, "We can say no, and you can be politically correct, and say everything's wonderful. But I haven't seen people from Sweden going back and leaving after the bombing of the World Trade Center, so we have a problem."

He continued, "And at the same time, we have fabulous Muslims living here and they have done fantastically well. But certainly if I were to say 'Oh no, not at all,' then people would not believe me. So it may not be the right thing to say, but I don't care what the right thing to say is. Some Muslims, and the terrorism and everything else, it seems to be pretty much confined there. So it is a problem - and we can say no - but it is."

Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned the public of the statements coming from Trump and the rest of the GOP candidates, describing the businessman's failure to correct an audience member as "appalling" and "irresponsible," The Guardian added.

"He is fuelling a whole level of paranoia and prejudice about all kinds of people," Clinton said, as quoted by the news outlet. "And when you light those fires, you better recognize that they can get out of control. And he should start dampening them down and putting them out."