Obama-Clinton Ticket?
A narrow majority of Democrats (53%) favor an Obama-Clinton ticket.
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It’s All Veepstakes All the Time
The critical policy issues, and almost every other element of the campaign, took a back seat to the vice-presidential selection process last week. The only other story to really break through was a flap that arose after John McCain had trouble keeping track of his real estate.
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Analyzing the Fall Campaign: Religion and the Presidential Election
With less than two months before the presidential election in November, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life invited two senior researchers and a group of leading journalists to discuss recent findings on the role religion is playing in the presidential race. Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center, said […]
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Internet and Email Use for Work
Whether at home or work, more internet users are going online more often. Widespread adoption of the internet has made it a go-to resource for nearly all Americans, whether they are at work, in school, or at play. There are still notable differences in internet use among age groups and other segments of the population, […]
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Amid Charges of Bias, the Media Swarm on Obama Overseas
Barack Obama’s week-long tour of world hotspots and capitals generated more coverage than any campaign event in months. But in the end, the media wondered what he had accomplished and whether they were paying too much attention.
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Hein, One Year Later: The Future of Church-State Litigation
Washington, D.C. In the Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation decision in June 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult for courts to enforce the Establishment Clause’s restrictions on government funding of religion. In Hein, the high court ruled that unless a legislative body has specifically directed funding to a religious organization or […]
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Journalism, Satire or Just Laughs? “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Examined
In a survey last year, Americans named Jon Stewart one of the nation’s most admired journalists, despite the Comedy Central host’s insistence that’s not what he does. A new PEJ content analysis of 136 episodes of The Daily Show examines the intersection of comedy and news that is the key to the show’s success.
