Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

2008

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    PEJ Talk Show Index: March 31- April 6, 2008

    Two liberal radio hosts, Randi Rhodes and Ed Schultz, generated headlines and a backlash last week for their rhetoric in attacking Hillary Clinton and John McCain. And some conservative talkers see pro-Barack Obama media bias behind the calls on Clinton to withdraw.

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    Campaign News Interest Dips

    Summary of Findings With the presidential campaign in something of a lull, public interest in campaign news has declined. Last week, 33% of the public paid very close attention to campaign news, down from 44% in mid-February. Public interest in the campaign, which had consistently surpassed attentiveness to previous presidential contests, is now comparable to […]

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    Clinton Punches, Obama Bowls, and McCain Reminisces

    The key media narrative last week involved growing pressure on Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the primary fight. Meanwhile, Barack Obama tried his hand at hands-on campaigning while John McCain hoped to grab the media’s attention with a tour of some old stomping grounds.

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    Unhappy Tax Day

    IRSNearly half (48%) of Americans, many of whom will be struggling to meet today’s deadline for filing with the IRS, say they think the tax system is either completely (19%) or mostly (29%) unfair to people like them, slightly fewer than said so in 2002.