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MSM coverage of McCain overwhelmingly more negative

Most of we in the rightish side of the blogosphere consider this to be from the “No Sh*t, Sherlock” department but it’s nice to see the story getting some air nonetheless. A story on FoxNews.com – written by the AP, even – shows that coverage of McCain by the MSM is far, far more negative than that provided to the MSM’s preferred candidate, Obama.

“It’s quite possible for there to be elements of enthusiasm for one candidate or another,” said Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Washington-based think tank. “That’s a failure of professionalism if it’s there. But this report can’t suss it out.”

McCain and Obama have received an equal amount of media attention since the conventions.

The project judged 57 percent of the stories about McCain as negative, with 14 percent positive. The rest were neutral.

Obama’s coverage was mixed: 36 percent positive, 29 percent negative, 35 percent neutral, the study found.

That report is by The Project for Excellence in Journalism. Nice to see them recognize it. Now how about doing something about it?

October 23rd, 2008 Posted by ricjames | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, The Media | 3 comments