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If the economy falls into recession or becomes the dominant issue in the presidential primaries of 2008, how much did the news media offer an early warning sign of what was happening? U.S Economy by Media Sector: In 3rd Quarter In the third quarter, the U.S. economy emerged as a top-10 story for the first […]
A major factor influencing what gets covered is the daily peril facing the journalists and their staffs. “Circumstances are so dangerous for American journalists,” a newspaper reporter responded, “that almost nothing can be reported in an ‘excellent’ fashion.” “It has to be one of the most challenging countries to operate in,” wrote another print journalist. […]
Introduction and Demographics More than half of all respondents, 56%, who said they faced a problem in the past two years identified one of three matters: health care, paying for health care and government benefits such as Social Security and military pensions. Parsing that further, the responses from Americans who have high access and low […]
Overall, journalists working in Iraq give their own coverage a mixed but generally positive assessment. A majority (58%) regard press coverage in Iraq as “good,” the second-highest mark. Another 16% rate the coverage as excellent. But nearly a quarter (23%) rate the coverage as only fair. Another 2% grade the coverage as poor. Whatever the […]
The two leading Democrats once again attracted more coverage than any of their GOP rivals in the race for media exposure last week. But the GOP overall tipped the scales in what became a big boost for Mitt Romney, both in Michigan and in the media.
Focus of the Study This Portrait From Iraq Study is a special report based on additional analysis of content already aggregated in PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index (NCI). In our weekly analysis of press coverage, PEJ identifies three different storylines of the Iraq war: events on the ground, the policy debate (usually focused in Washington, […]
With the South Carolina primary as backdrop, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton finished in a near tie in the media derby. But in a nasty week former President Bill Clinton was a bigger newsmaker than any Republican candidate.