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International Religious Freedom
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on international religious freedom, including event transcripts, Q&As and news clips. Pew Forum Resources Q&A Ten Years of Promoting Religious Freedom Through U.S. Foreign Policy Oct. 16, 2008 Oct. 27, 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the International […]
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Campaign Seen As Increasingly Negative
Summary of Findings With less than three weeks to go before the election, there is a growing sense among the public that the tone of the presidential campaign has changed. A majority of Americans (55%) now say that the campaign is too negative. This is up significantly from 43% a month ago and represents a […]
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Who Knows News? What You Read or View Matters, but Not Your Politics
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Public Not Desperate About Economy or Personal Finances
Overview Americans are concerned about the nation’s economic problems almost to the exclusion of every other issue, and they register the lowest level of national satisfaction ever measured in a Pew Research Center survey. Just 11% say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country – down 14 points in the […]
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Economy Shrinks, Tactics Grow, in Media Narrative
The stock market tanked, and the candidates took citizen questions during a presidential debate. But with Election Day looming in less than a month, the media spotlight last week was trained on the hostile rhetoric heard on the campaign trail.
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New Scholars Join the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Stephanie C. Boddie, Allen Hertzke and Mehtab S. Karim to expand Pew Forum’s areas of research and expertise Washington, D.C.—Stephanie C. Boddie, Allen Hertzke and Mehtab S. Karim have joined the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and will be conducting in-depth research in several new areas. The Pew Forum is expanding its research […]
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A Continuum of Condemning the Press
The 2008 race for the White House has once again seen intensifying complaints about media bias, most recently from the McCain camp. The charges have ranged from liberalism, to sexism, and more. A new PEJ review offers an historical perspective on the evolution of the tenuous relationship between press and political leaders.