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Study: Media Limiting Scope of Campaign
By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
October 29, 2007
Within the first five months of the presidential contest, the media effectively had reduced the field to five candidates, even though there were 17 mainstream Democrats and Republicans, a study of political coverage found.
But the tone of the coverage for the top two front-runners -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani -- hardly was friendly. Nearly four out of 10 stories were negative, more than three out of 10 were neutral and only the rest were positive.
The study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, to be released today, also portrays the political press as a hidebound institution out of touch with citizens.
for full article:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710290371
By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
October 29, 2007
Within the first five months of the presidential contest, the media effectively had reduced the field to five candidates, even though there were 17 mainstream Democrats and Republicans, a study of political coverage found.
But the tone of the coverage for the top two front-runners -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani -- hardly was friendly. Nearly four out of 10 stories were negative, more than three out of 10 were neutral and only the rest were positive.
The study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, to be released today, also portrays the political press as a hidebound institution out of touch with citizens.
for full article:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710290371
