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Press Release January 18, 2012 Contact: Rachel Salabes CBS Is More Positive Than FOX Toward GOP Field Frontrunner Mitt Romney is getting by far the most negative press of the GOP field, according to a new study of television news coverage by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University. The study
Press Release January 4, 2012 Contact: Rachel Salabes But Top Iowa Finishers Were Spared, Study Finds Leno, Letterman split in treatment of Obama Republican presidential hopefuls accounted for five of the top ten joke targets of leading late night TV talk show hosts in 2011, according to a new study of political humor by the
Press Release August 22, 2011 Contact: Donald Rieck Study Finds TV Comics Zap Weiner, bin Ladin, GOP Candidates Former Congressman Anthony Weiner edged out Osama bin Laden as the leading target of jokes by latenight TV talk show comedians Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jimmy Fallon, according to a new study of political humor by
Press Release November 1, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS PARTISAN DIFFERENCES IN TV COMEDIANS’ TARGETS Jon Stewart and David Letterman tend to target Republicans and conservatives with their humor while Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon more often target Democrats and liberals, according to a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.
Press Release October 21, 2010 Contact: Donald Rieck STUDY FINDS ELECTION NEWS NEGATIVE BUT BALANCED Election coverage on network news has featured twice as much bad press as good press for Democrats, Republicans, and Tea Party candidates alike, according to a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. The study also found
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
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