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SELECTED RESULTS Clinton Stories N=566 Bush Stories N=333 1. SOURCE CLINTON STORIES(#) BUSH STORIES(#) ALL PRINT 373 222 ALL NEWSPAPERS 324 202 Washington Post 182 100 New York Times 142 102 ALL […]
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The most striking single statistic is the drop in the amount of coverage of Bush versus Clinton in their early days. The drop-off is across the board—across TV, newspapers and newsweeklies. Network television was down 43%, newspapers 38%. Newsweek magazine alone had 59% fewer stories about Bush in its pages than it carried about Clinton […]
by Andrew Kohut for Columbia Journalism Review
Taking the first two months in office as a whole, Bush’s coverage has been slightly less positive than his Democratic predecessor’s (22% positive stories for Bush versus 27% for Clinton)4. For both presidents, the bulk of stories were neutral (49% Bush, 44% Clinton). The percentage of negative stories for both presidents was identical (28%). In […]
Did George W. Bush really get an easier ride from the media in his first months in office?