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No Doubt About It: All But Fox News Tipping Obama’s Way
newsbusters.org - 11/1/2008
No Doubt About It: All But Fox News Tipping Obama’s Way
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Yes, the media are rooting for Barack Obama. Two studies out in the past couple of days show that it’s not just conservatives who see a strong tilt by journalists in favor of the Democrats: A nonpartisan media monitoring group and a liberal-leaning research organization both confirm the ...

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Say Anything:  Shocker: Fox News Has Most Balanced Election Coverage

zogby.com - 11/1/2008
Zogby International
— zogby.com — UTICA, New York -- Republican John McCain made a small gain against Democrat Barack Obama and has pulled back within the margin of error, now trailing Obama by five points, 49.1% to 44.1%, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking telephone poll ... (more) Zogby International

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The Big Empty
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/31/2008
The Big Empty
— fivethirtyeight.com — As the only reporter during this election who has actually visited upwards of 50 of John McCain's field offices around the country (13 battleground states and counting), this piece by Matthew Mosk at the Washington Post comes as no surprise: The ... (more) The Big Empty

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Gallup Daily
gallup.com - 10/31/2008
Gallup Daily
— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- The political landscape could be improving for Barack Obama in the waning days of the campaign. Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 28-30 shows him with an eight percentage point lead over John McCain among traditional likely voters ... (more) Gallup Daily

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Shocker: Fox News Has Most Balanced Election Coverage
Say Anything — ... It turns out that Fox News was the least biased in its election coverage this year according to a study which also concludes that Fox is only seen as leaning to the right because, as I’ve put it myself several times, the center is to the right of the left. ...

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