politico.com - 10/22/2008
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He's getting attention, but it’s mostly not good press. See also: McCain "amazed" by Palin treatment
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
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By Howard Kurtz Media coverage of John McCain
has been heavily unfavorable since the political conventions, more...
than three times as negative as the portrayal of Barack Obama, a new study says. Fifty-seven percent of the print and broadcast stories ...
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Study: Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than of Obama
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Shockers: Most McCain MSM Coverage Has Been Negative.
The Sundries Shack —
But of course.
The good news for John McCain? He’s now receiving as much attention from the national media as his Democratic rival. The bad news? It’s overwhelmingly negative.
Just 14 percent of the stories about John McCain from the conventions through the final presidential debate were positive in tone, according to a study released today, while nearly 60 percent were negative—the least favorable coverage of any of the 4 candidates on the ticket.
This is not a shock to anyone not either currently in a coma or working for ...
Newsweek Reporter Outs Himself as a Hack
Patterico's Pontifications —
... It is a useful article to have handy when The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism claims that the overwhelmingly negative coverage of McCain since the conventions is not necessarily the product of a pro-Obama bias, but may be “a strong suggestion that winning in politics begat winning coverage.” Not only was McCain winning at the conclusion of the conventions, but there is also that not-so-small matter of the establishment media “influencing outcomes,” “setting expectations,” and “framing candidates.” ...
Shocka: Coverage of McCain Mostly Negative
Little Green Footballs —
... With nary a hint of irony, Politico reports that the coverage of John McCain has been overwhelmingly negative. ...
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minx.cc 10/27/2008 — Nothing new or unexpected here, but now we've got a nice graph. The Project for Excellence in Journalism (sic) has the statistics: For Obama during this period, just over a third of the stories were clearly positive in tone (36%),...
Study Shows McCain Media Coverage Mostly Negative
elections.foxnews.com 10/24/2008 — The Project for Excellence in Journalism's report shows John McCain's media coverage has been 57 percent negative, while Barack Obama's has been 29 percent negative.
Shocka: Coverage of McCain Mostly Negative
littlegreenfootballs.com 10/23/2008 — Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:43:45 pm PST With nary a hint of irony, Politico reports that the coverage of John McCain has been overwhelmingly negative . The good news for John McCain? He s now receiving as much attention from the national media ...
Press coverage negative on McCain?
theanchoressonline.com 10/27/2008 — Well, slap my ass and call me Sally; a study finds the press coverage of John McCain has been substantially more negative than of Obama.
Well. Duh. How can there be negative press on Obama, when the press won’t report on Obama anything that ...
Who's more negative?
time-blog.com 10/16/2008 — It's a draw. This from the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project:
Prof. Ken Goldstein, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project, issued the following statement:
“Analysis from the Wisconsin Advertising Project of Sen. John ...
Is This Campaign Really More Negative Than Past Campaigns?
corner.nationalreview.com 10/15/2008 — The lead story in today's New York Times is "Poll Says McCain Is Hurting His Bid By Using Attacks." It's based on a new Times survey showing that about one-quarter of the one-fifth of the people who say they think less of McCain than in the past have ...
First wolves, now polar bears —
First Read 10/22/2008
From NBC's Carrie DannThe Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, which caused a stir by launching this ad slamming Palin on her support for aerial wolf hunting, is back. Their newest offering, now running in Virginia and expected to expand to ...
Newsweek: Is Palin making plans for 2012? —
msnbc.com: Politics 10/22/2008
If McCain loses, we should expect a 2012 primary battle defined largely by right-wing, populist anger toward the more moderate McCain. Given her popularity with the base—and her recent contradictions of McCain on some issues—Palin might ride that rage ...
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