Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage

Media Matters | Nov. 5, 2008 (News Analysis)
Case studies still show disparate coverage in McCain's favor

A Media Matters review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama -- his ties to Bill Ayers and Antoin Rezko -- and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. John McCain -- his reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors and his association with G. Gordon Liddy -- found that, while the five major newspapers frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko throughout the 2008 ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Media, U.S.
Topics: Media and Politics, Presidential Election 2008
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 6, 2008 - 12:15 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), Paul Belle-Isle (review), Greg Lundblad (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Nov 6, 2008 - 10:39 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 6, 2008

This is a fairly detailed foray into big corporate media coverage that was biased in favor of McCain while they were reporting McCain's charges that the media was biased against him.

This may well forshadow that the big corporate media will be poised to negatively report on the Obama administration as a continuation of their ... More »

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 by Paul Belle-Isle - Nov. 6, 2008
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 by Randy Morrow - Nov. 6, 2008

Very well researched and documented article showing that McCain has received more favorable news coverage then Obama at least in that potentially scandalous associations of McCain's got FAR less coverage then those involving Obama.

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 by Greg Lundblad - Nov. 15, 2008
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