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    The GOP’s Invisible Men

    Summary of Findings Heading into their first debate Thursday evening, what Republican candidates for the presidency need most is to gain visibility. The latest News Interest Index survey finds that two Democratic candidates – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama – continue to be far and away the most visible, even to Republicans. When asked to […]

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    Motherhood Today: Tougher Challenges, Less Success

    Summary of Findings From managing busy schedules to dealing with outside influences, mothers have their hands full these days. There is broad agreement among the public that it is harder to be a parent today – especially a mother – than it was in the 1970s or 1980s. Fully 70% of the public says it […]

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    Bits that Click: Successfully Connecting in Information-Rich Society

    This presentation addresses the following question: What does user behavior tell us about the right way for information providers to reach people? It does so by examining four propositions about what users value from the internet and online commun…

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    Mission Not Accomplished

    Four years after President Bush declared that “In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed,” a solid majority of the public (59%) says that the continuing military effort in Iraq is not going well. And, for the first time, a 51%-majority expresses the view that the United States will probably fail, or definitely fail, in establishing a stable democratic government in Iraq.

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    Iraq Policy and Presidential Politics Top the News

    With the Virginia Tech shootings and Don Imus controversy beginning to fade into the news background, a couple of very familiar subjects commanded the most media attention last week. And Arizona Senator John McCain managed to find himself in the middle of both stories.

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    Abortion Ruling Sets New State Battle Lines

    Prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of a federal ban on partial-birth abortion, activists on both sides of the abortion battle are aiming their sights at state capitols, where new campaigns already are under way.

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    Podcasters

    That’s the percentage of internet users who say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to or view it at a later time. This finding, based on a Pew Internet Project survey, represents an increase from the 7% of internet users who reported podcast downloading in February-April 2006 — though few report downloading podcasts with great frequency.

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    Both Sides Reject Compromise in Iraq Funding Fight

    Summary of Findings With battle lines drawn over legislation funding the Iraq war, the public is showing little appetite for compromise. Overall, a solid majority of Americans (59%) continue to say they want their representative to support a bill calling for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq by August 2008, while just a third want […]

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    Talk Shows Consumed by Virginia Tech Tragedy

    It’s probably no surprise that the college campus massacre proved to be the biggest talk show topic of the year. But while there were plenty of subplots to talk about, radio and cable hosts managed to seize on some of “hot button” issues to emerge from the worst shooting spree in the nation’s history.