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MEDIA BOOST OBAMA, BASH HIS POLICIES

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

LATE-NITE TALK SHOWS WERE ROAD TO WHITE HOUSE

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

Networks Differ In Their Election Coverage

Press Release October 30, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck 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 and Public Affairs (CMPA).

Obama Leads the Media Race As Well

Press Release October 14, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck Study Finds McCain, Palin Get More Negative Press on TV News Barack Obama has widened his lead over John McCain in the race for good press, and Sarah Palin’s press has turned sharply negative on network news shows, according to a new study by Center for Media

OBAMA’S NO JOKE TO LATE-NITE TV COMICS

Press Release August 21, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck Trails McCain, Bush and Hillary in Humor Race But Obama Rules on Comedy Central Barack Obama still lags far behind Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the most joked-about presidential candidate in opening monologues by hosts on the late-night TV talk shows, according to a new study

MEDIA BASH BARACK (NOT A TYPO)

Press Release July 28, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck Study Finds Obama Faring Worse On TV News Than McCain Barack Obama is getting more negative coverage than John McCain on TV network evening news shows, reversing Obama’s lead in good press during the primaries, according to a new study by Center for Media and Public Affairs

SPITZER GRABS LEAD IN TV COMEDIANS’ JOKE RACE

Press Release March 27, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck EX-GOV BUTT OF MORE JOKES IN ONE WEEK THAN ANYONE ELSE ALL YEAR TV comedians cracked more jokes about former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer in a single week than they made about anyone else during all of 2008, according to a new study by the Center

STUDY FINDS OBAMA’S MEDIA MOMENTUM SLOWS

Press Release March 3, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck BUT HE STILL LEADS HILLARY IN THE RACE FOR GOOD PRESS Barack Obama’s lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for good press is shrinking but still substantial, according to a new study of the broadcast network evening newscasts by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.

MEDIA BOOST OBAMA, BASH “BILLARY”

Press Release February 1, 2008 Contact: Donald Rieck NBC Is Toughest on Hillary; FOX Has Heaviest Coverage Hillary Clinton is getting the worst press and Barack Obama the best press of any major presidential candidate, and Bill Clinton is also getting negative reviews, while the gap in good press between John McCain and Mitt Romney

TV Writers Strike Helps Hillary Most

Press Release December 21, 2007 Contact: Donald Rieck Study Finds Ms. Clinton Is Top Target of TV Comedians Candidate Portrayed as Cold, Dowdy, Dumpy WASHINGTON, DC – TV comedians have joked about Hillary Clinton almost as often as all the other Democratic presidential candidates combined, according to a new study by the Center for Media