Study: McCain coverage mostly negative - Yahoo! News

Anyone one bit surprised?

Keypoints in the article:

"Just 14 percent of the stories about John McCain from the conventions through the final presidential debate were positive in tone, according to a study released today, while nearly 60 percent were negative??the least favorable coverage of any of the 4 candidates on the ticket.

The study, by The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, a non-partisan journalism watchdog organization, examined 2,412 stories from 43 newspapers and cable news shows in the six-week period beginning just after the conventions and ending with the final presidential debate.


??Much of the increased attention for McCain derived from actions by the senator himself, actions that, in the end, generated mostly negative assessments,? the study found. ??In many ways, the arc of the media narrative during this phase of the 2008 general election might best be described as a drama in which John McCain acted and Barack Obama reacted.?"
Coverage of Palin, the study found, went from ??quite positive? to ??very negative? to ??more mixed.? Overall, the six-week breakdown showed 29 percent positive, 39 percent negative, and 33 percent neutral.

While Biden has received far less coverage that the other three candidates, the study found the stories about him were ??far more negative than Palin??s, and nearly as negative as McCain??s.?
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