Study finds press pro-Kerry

Sen. John Kerry has gotten the white-glove treatment from the press, garnering more praise from journalists than any other presidential candidate in the last quarter-century, according to a new analysis of almost 500 news stories released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.

"It's not just that John Kerry has gotten better press than President Bush before this election, he's gotten better press than anyone else since 1980. That's significant," said Bob Lichter, director of the D.C.-based nonpartisan research group.

At this point, getting scientific knowledge about the extent of the media bias towards Kerry and against Bush should not surprise anyone, but the implications of that discrepency are interesting; the last time there was such a large gap, the Republican incumbent got a landslide.

Posted on 2004-11-01 19:30:49.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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