Time blog - Real Clear Politics: “A Media Coverage Mea Culpa” by Heather Wilhelm
I’m not sure I needed Deborah Howell to call this to my attention.
What is equally disturbing is: 20080817 McCain protests NBC coverage by Mike Allen at Politico
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August 18, 2008 A Media Coverage Mea Culpa
Posted by HEATHER WILHELM
"It doesn't look good," writes Deborah Howell, the Washington Post's ombudsman:
Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4...In overall political stories from June 4 to Friday, Obama dominated by 142 to 96. Obama has been featured in 35 stories on Page 1; McCain has been featured in 13, with three Page 1 references with photos to stories on inside pages...This dovetails with Obama's dominance in photos, which I pointed out two weeks ago.
"This is not just a Post phenomenon," Howell writes, and she seems to be right: The Project for Excellence in Journalism, in its latest study, reports similar findings across the spectrum.
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/08/a_media_coverage_mea_culpa.html
20080818 Time blog - Real Clear Politics: “A Media Coverage Mea Culpa” by Heather Wilhelm
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