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Press Release September 7, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS PRESIDENT GETS BEST PRESS ABROAD AL-JAZEERA IS MOST POSITIVE, FOX MOST NEGATIVE A new study finds that President Obama’s news coverage is more positive in Arab and European television newscasts than on US network news. His most positive coverage came from Al-Jazeera, the controversial international
September 7, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS PRESIDENT GETS BEST PRESS ABROAD AL-JAZEERA IS MOST POSITIVE, FOX MOST NEGATIVE A new study finds that President Obama’s news coverage is more positive in Arab and European television newscasts than on US network news. His most positive coverage came from Al-Jazeera, the controversial international news network
Press Release June 28, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS FAVORABLE COVERAGE, EVEN ON FOX NOMINEE FARES BETTER THAN ROBERTS, ALITO Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has received three times as much positive as negative coverage in major media outlets, including Fox News, according to a new study by researchers at George Mason and Chapman
Press Release January 25, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck HIS FIRST YEAR COVERAGE BESTS BUSH, CLINTON, REAGAN BUT COVERAGE SOURED AFTER FIRST HUNDRED DAYS President Obama finished his first year in office with more favorable coverage than other recent presidents received, but his media image has been mainly negative since an early “honeymoon” period, according to
Press Release September 14, 2009 Contact: Donald Rieck NEGATIVITY ROSE SHARPLY AFTER FIRST 100 DAYS PRESIDENT’S POLICIES ATTRACT THE STRONGEST CRITICISM President Obama has received mainly bad press since his first 100 days in office ended in April, reversing his previous run of positive news coverage, according to a new study by researchers at George
Press Release May 28, 2009 Contact: Donald Rieck CONAN FEATURES FEWER JOKES, DIFFERENT TARGETS New Study Tallies Late Nite TV Political Humor Since 1992 Jay Leno has told over 33,000 jokes about public figures since taking over the “Tonight Show” in 1992, over four times as many as his successor Conan O’Brien, according to a
Press Release April 27, 2009 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS PRESIDENT FARES BEST IN NEW YORK TIMES, WORST ON FOX NEWS HE ATTRACTS MORE EARLY COVERAGE THAN G.W. BUSH AND BILL CLINTON COMBINED The media have given President Obama more coverage than George W. Bush and Bill Clinton combined and more positive coverage than either
December 29, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck LATE-NITE TALK SHOWS WERE ROAD TO WHITE HOUSE STUDY FINDS CANDIDATES APPEARED OVER 100 TIMES Presidential candidates made 110 appearances on late-night TV comedy/talk shows during the 2008 presidential election campaign, according to a study released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). The study found
Press Release December 29, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS CANDIDATES APPEARED OVER 100 TIMES Presidential candidates made 110 appearances on late-night TV comedy/talk shows during the 2008 presidential election campaign, according to a study released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). The study found that John McCain appeared more often
October 30, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck Networks Differ In Their Election Coverage NBC, CBS Most Pro-Democratic; ABC, FOX Most Balanced Coverage of the presidential election on CBS and NBC strongly favors the Democratic presidential ticket, while the coverage on ABC and FOX is more balanced, according to a new study by the Center for Media