Obama's First 100 Days: How the President Fared In the Press vs. Clinton and Bush

Journalism.org by Tom Rosenstiel, Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz | Apr. 28, 2009 (News Analysis)

As he marks his 100th day in office, President Barack Obama has enjoyed substantially more positive media coverage than either Bill Clinton or George Bush during their first months in the White House, according to a new study of press coverage.

Overall, roughly four out of ten stories, editorials and op ed columns about Obama have been clearly positive in tone, compared with 22% for Bush and 27% for Clinton in the same mix of seven national media ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 28, 2009

Fascinating report on how the press covered President Obama's first few months in office, compared to Bush and Clinton, from the acclaimed Project for Excellence in Journalism. The authors used a reasonable methodology to analyze the tone of media coverage from 49 mainstream and independent news outlet, studying thousands of stories in the process. The results suggest that Obama has enjoyed much more favorable coverage than either Bush or Clinton.

Eye-opening research, which provides an insightful perspective on people's attitudes towards our new U.S. President. I'm encouraged that 42% of Obama's news coverage was found positive, versus 22% for Bush. Seems about right, in light of their respective accomplishments.

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