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Old 11-01-2008, 09:58 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by ryan patrick View Post
mccain's campaign has been very poorly run, gaffe-heavy, and generally negative in tone. the press would be irresponsible to manufacture positive stories about him, wouldn't they? therefore the coverage has been generally negative.
THIS.

oh, and this:

"Is there some element in these numbers that reflects a rooting by journalists for Obama and against McCain, unconscious or otherwise? The data do not provide conclusive answers. They do offer a strong suggestion that winning in politics begat winning coverage, thanks in part to the relentless tendency of the press to frame its coverage of national elections as running narratives about the relative position of the candidates in the polls and internal tactical maneuvering to alter those positions. Obama’s coverage was negative in tone when he was dropping in the polls, and became positive when he began to rise, and it was just so for McCain as well. Nor are these numbers different than what we have seen before. Obama’s numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago as he began rising in the polls, and McCain’s numbers are almost identical to what we saw eight years ago for Democrat Al Gore.
What the findings also reveal is the reinforcing—rather than press-generated—effects of media."

 
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