Posted by
The Conservative Manifesto on Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:03:26 PM
From the Project for Excellence in Journalism:
Newspapers—More Enterprise and Emphasis on Governance
On
the front pages of newspapers, Democrats tended to get more coverage
than in other media, somewhat more positive coverage than elsewhere,
and more stories tended to contain information that explained how they
would be affected if that candidate were elected than was true in the
press coverage overall. In addition, many more of the stories were
initiated by journalists than elsewhere in the press, a fact that
signals a special role for print as a source of enterprise in news.
...
Another
distinguishing characteristic of the print stories studied was tone.
Democrats got much more positive coverage in the daily papers examined
than they did elsewhere. Fully 59% of all stories about Democrats had a
clear, positive message vs. 11% that carried a negative tone.
...
For
the top tier Democrats, the positive tilt was even more the case than
for Democrats in general. Obama’s front page coverage in the sample was
70% positive and 9% negative and Clinton’s was similarly 61% positive
and 13% negative.
Republican candidates, in contrast, were more
likely to receive clearly negative stories in print than elsewhere: 40%
negative vs. 26% positive and 34% neutral.
Be sure to
take a look at the other stats and charts presented. There is a wealth
of interesting - but sadly not surprising - stuff.
Hat tip:
Texas Rainmaker