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    The Competition for Exposure

    Which candidates and which parties are winning the derby for press exposure? In the first five months of the campaign, the media found Democrats more newsworthy than Republicans. From January through May 2007, nearly half of 2008 election stories, 49%, focused on Democratic candidates, while less than a third, 31%, focused on Republicans. More than […]

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    Democratic Primary Preview: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina

    Summary of Findings Democrats enter the presidential primary campaign upbeat about their candidates and united in their views on major issues. Sen. Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner in New Hampshire and South Carolina, where she holds 19-point and 14-point leads, respectively. However in Iowa she is in a statistical tie with Barack Obama. Clinton […]

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    Iraq War Coverage: Petraeus Keeps The Numbers Steady

    On the surface, the amount of coverage devoted to all three major threads of the Iraq war—the Beltway-based policy debate, events inside Iraq, and the war’s impact on the homefront—remained virtually unchanged between the second and third quarters of 2007. The war in total accounted for 15% of the newshole in the second quarter and […]

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    Gore’s Endorsement Power

    About one-in-five Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters (21%) said last month that an endorsement by former vice president Al Gore, now winner of both the Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award, would make them more likely to support a candidate; just 7% say his endorsement would drive them away.

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    The Talkers Hammer Hillary Clinton

    Thanks in part to the Democrats’ spirited debate in Philadelphia, last week was the biggest week of the year for the presidential campaign in the universe of radio and cable talk shows. The main course was the Democratic front runner who got carved up by hosts and pundits of various political stripes.

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    Talk Hosts Opt for Bad Blood Over Blackwater

    While the rest of the media were focused on private security contractors in Iraq last week, the cable and radio talk hosts spent their time continuing to argue over a controversial phrase by Rush Limbaugh. Plus, another remnant of the Anna Nicole Smith saga makes the top-10 list.

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    Tone

    The volume of coverage is one thing. But in politics, not all coverage is equal, even if they spell your name right. What was the tone of the coverage each candidate received? While Hillary Clinton may have gotten the most press, she did not get the most favorable. That distinction, among major candidates, went to […]

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    Immigration Takes Center Stage at GOP YouTube Debate

    In a format the public says it prefers — “regular people,” not journalists, posing the questions — immigration emerged as the hot-button issue. Were the candidates’ answers in sync with GOP voters’ opinions?

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    Section 3: Opinions about Pope Benedict XVI

    Roughly three-quarters (73%) of Americans who are familiar with Pope Benedict XVI have a favorable opinion of him. Catholics, not surprisingly, view the pope most favorably (86%). But large majorities of other religious groups, including more than seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants (72%), mainline Protestants (75%) and black Protestants (70%), also are favorably inclined towards Pope […]