Press Takes a Harder Look at Obama--and Itself

Journalism.org by Tom Rosenstiel | Mar. 4, 2008 (Special Report)

(PDF) If Hillary Clinton last week wanted to work the refs--or argue with the press to generate more skeptical coverage of Barack Obama and maybe change the subject from her own problems--the evidence suggests it worked.

One of the more memorable moments last week occurred during the Feb. 26 debate, when Clinton--referencing a Saturday Night Live sketch--suggested the media had gone soft on Obama. ("If anybody saw 'Saturday Night Live,'" the New ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Is a statistical review of journalism good journalism? The review does not raise the possibility that big corporate right wing press would like any opening to attack either democrat, preferably the one in the lead. No fact checking on the various charges, mostly repeats of even questionable statements.

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