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    Top Newsmakers: Politicians and Criminal Defendants Lead The Way

    What do Idaho Senator Larry Craig, former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, and O.J. Simpson have in common? Aside from having run afoul of the law, they were also among the media’s five leading newsmakers in the third quarter. In order to be deemed a lead newsmaker in a story, at least 50% of that […]

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    Pope Benedict XVI on the Church’s Role in Public Life

    The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has collected a variety of resources on Pope Benedict XVI’s views on public policy issues. The resources include links to his homilies and other writings on such issues as social justice, the participation of Catholics in political life, proposals to give legal recognition to same-sex unions, and […]

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    News Judgments By Outlet

    In the third quarter, some patterns among different media sectors and outlets continued to reveal themselves. One such pattern is the basic similarity in the news judgment on the three nightly commercial broadcast network newscasts. From July through September, the lineup of the top four stories—the Iraq war policy debate, followed by events inside Iraq, […]

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    Talk Hosts React to Romney on Religion

    Thanks to Mitt Romney’s big speech on his Mormon faith, the presidential race was the biggest story of the week in the talk universe last week. And while the new intelligence report on Iran sparked a lively debate, the CIA’s destruction of two terror interrogation tapes didn’t generate much interest.

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    Rating Pope Benedict’s Performance

    That’s the percentage of the U.S. public that thinks that Pope Benedict XVI is doing an excellent or good job at promoting good relations with other major religions; this compares with 46% who say he is doing only a fair or poor job.

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    The View from the Other Side

    A survey finds no evidence that a significant number of voters are considering crossing party lines — or voting strategically for the other party’s weakest candidate.

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    The Pope Comes to America

    Washington, D.C. Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the U.S. as pontiff comes amid a turbulent election year. He has planned stops at the White House, the U.N. and the Sept. 11 “Ground Zero” site. How should we assess the first three years of Pope Benedict’s papacy? How has the global role and influence of […]

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    The Craig Scandal

    It was the last week in August when the media first learned of Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig’s June arrest for allegedly propositioning a police officer in the Minneapolis airport. In the weeks that followed, Craig agreed to resign from the Senate, changed his mind, and tried to rescind his guilty plea. By the time […]

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    Internet’s Broader Role in Campaign 2008

    Summary of Findings The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost double the percentage from a comparable point in the 2004 campaign (13%). Moreover, the internet has […]

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    The Internet Gains in Politics

    The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage from …