Newspapers, in turn, devoted less space to policy stories than any other media sector during these six weeks of the general election period. Policy coverage made up 13% of newspaper stories compared to 20% of all campaign coverage in all outlets. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Amid claims of media bias toward both candidates, Journalism.org's report sheds much needed light on the tone of election coverage in TV news. Grounded in a representative study and supported by ample statistical evidence, this gives a clear picture of how the major news networks have treated the candidates in their various newscasts. I would have liked to see how the tone of coverage related to the number of viewers for a particular newscast. Well presented and very fair.
There are bound to be those who say, 'I don't care what the numbers indicate, I know that this network is biased against my candidate for such and such..." I fear that kind of intellectual laziness pervading in an election this polarized.