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    Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics & Justice

    2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Reception Immediately Following Washington, D.C. Panelists: Rebecca M. Blank, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Professor of Policy and Economics, University of Michigan; Co-director of the National Poverty Center, Ford School William McGurn, Chief Editorial Writer, Wall Street Journal; member, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Lawrence Mishel, President, Economic […]

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    Embedded Reporters

    A PEJ analysis of embedded coverage found it was largely anecdotal, combat-focused and live and unedited.

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    PEJ Embed Study Topline

        Outlet Date   TOTAL Network Cable 21&22 Mar 24-Mar   N=108 N=57 N=51 N=72 N=36 DATE           March 21st 41.7% 42.1% 41.2% 62.5% – March 22nd 25.0 24.6 25.5 37.5 – March 24th 33.3 33.3 33.3 – 100% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%           […]

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    Inside the Numbers

    Live and Unedited Versus Taped Packages In general, the embedded reports tended toward immediacy over reflection, though this depended on the day, and it differed by medium. Embedded Reports: Live versus Taped Live reports 49.1% Live audio only 12.1 Combination 11.1 All tape 27.8 Total 100% Overall, 61% of embedded reports were live and unedited.1 […]

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    What Got Covered

    What Got Covered Some observers wondered how much the embedded reporting would be about actual fighting, or whether the embedded reporters would be limited to “feel good” stories about troop morale, supply lines, maneuvers and preparations. Anyone who imagined the embedded reporting wouldn’t focus on the actual battlefront was mistaken. Topics Covered in Embedded Stories […]

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    Part One: The Campaigners

    Message in a Bottle In the two weeks following the 2002 general election, the Institute for Politics, Democracy, & the Internet conducted interviews with campaign staff from 33 of the most hotly contested races for governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative.  We wanted to learn about the Internet’s utility as a campaign tool from campaign […]

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    Impressions: The Potentials and Risks of Embedded Reporting

    Looking beyond the numbers, analysts at the Project reviewing the stories developed several more subjective impressions about the potentials and the risks of the embedding system. Here are some of those impressions. Edited Taped Packages Offer the Power of Story Telling One of the most effective reports the Project saw was a traditional taped package […]

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    Impressions: If They’re Shooting at the Troops, They’re Shooting at Me

    If They’re Shooting at the Troops, They’re Shooting at Me One concern before the war began was that embedded reporters would inevitably become too sympathetic to the troops with whom they were traveling. Some skeptics believed this was a primary motivation on the part of military planners in designing the embedded system in the first […]

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    Factualness and Sourcing

    Factualness A common criticism of the media culture today is that the press is too interpretative. Commentary and analysis are blended with news. Journalists flip flop in their roles between pundit and reporter. Peter Arnett in Baghdad famously crossed that line when he went on Iraqi state TV and offered his opinions on U.S. military […]

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    War Coverage Praised, But Public Hungry for Other News

    Summary of Findings The public is paying close attention to the war and continues to give news organizations high marks for their coverage. But a sizable minority of Americans (39%) feel the news media is focusing too heavily on the war, and significant numbers believe the media is undercovering other major stories like the tax […]