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Which Presidential Candidate Is Bashed Most Often by the Mainstream Media?
FoxNews ^ | Brit Hume

Posted on 12/28/2007 10:37:29 PM PST by FocusNexus

The study is based on 481 election stories that aired on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, NBC and "Special Report." The findings reveal that on-air evaluations of Clinton were negative nearly 60 percent of the time, while evaluations of Obama were positive 61 percent of the time.

Among Republicans, Huckabee fared the best, while Rudy Giuliani and John McCain were given negative on-air evaluations more than 60 percent of the time.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; elections; fairandbalanced; foxnews; giuliani; huckabee; mccain; msm; obama
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Remember that a while ago Drudge had an article, that the MSM is not criticizing Huckabee, because any Dem could easily beat him in the general election? Looks like this study provides evidence for that.

If the Dems could have anything, they would wish for Huckabee as the Republican nominee.

1 posted on 12/28/2007 10:37:33 PM PST by FocusNexus
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To: FocusNexus

Yep, the liberal media hate strong men.


2 posted on 12/28/2007 10:44:22 PM PST by roses of sharon
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To: FocusNexus

I just found this more detailed article after I posted the one from FoxNews:

Monitoring the Media

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2007/12/monitoring_the_media.html

And here is the pdf file link:

http://www.cmpa.com/releases/07_12_21_Election_Study.pdf

“Huckabee Leads GOP: Among Republicans, Mike Huckabee fared best with evenly balanced
coverage - 50% positive and 50% negative evaluations by reporters and sources. Fred Thompson came
next with 44% positive comments, followed by Mitt Romney with 40% positive, Rudy Giuliani with
39% positive, and John McCain with 33% positive.”

Who’s Fair and Balanced?: Fox News Channel’s coverage was more balanced toward both parties
than the broadcast networks were. On FOX, evaluations of all Democratic candidates combined were
split almost evenly - 51% positive vs. 49% negative, as were all evaluations of GOP candidates - 49%
positive vs. 51% negative, producing a perfectly balanced 50-50 split for all candidates of both parties.
On the three broadcast networks, opinion on Democratic candidates split 47% positive vs. 53%
negative, while evaluations of Republicans were more negative - 40% positive vs. 60% negative. For
both parties combined, network evaluations were almost 3 to 2 negative in tone, i.e. 41% positive vs.
59% negative.”


3 posted on 12/28/2007 10:44:47 PM PST by FocusNexus
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The surprise to me this year is the way the New York Times has treated Hillary Clinton. It started a few months ago when Times columnists began taking shots at her. Then the negativism spread into their campaign coverage and analysis. Last week the Boston Globe, which is owned by the Times, endorsed Obama. Most of the news media—print and electronic—hold the Times in awe and depend on it for conventional wisdom. They often follow the Times lead.

Also, I saw all kinds of stories by reporters complaining how inaccessible Hillary is to the press and how her staff treats newspeople shoddily (which is better than I’d treat them). This is bound to shape the way they write about Hillary.

4 posted on 12/28/2007 11:25:10 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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I think you would have to factor in how long the candidate has been in the race (or has been considered a factor in the race). It would be interesting to see the underlying details, e.g., who has received the most negative attention since September (when Thompson declared), or October/November (when Huck surged).


5 posted on 12/28/2007 11:26:29 PM PST by ellery (I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
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I don’t think Fred has gotten much good coverage, especially on Fox, until the last few days.


6 posted on 12/28/2007 11:59:32 PM PST by rightinthemiddle (Guess what? I'm voting for the Conservative.)
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To: FocusNexus

The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference. The MSM ignore Duncan Hunter completely and Thompson as much as they can.


7 posted on 12/29/2007 12:38:09 AM PST by Defiant (Huckabee puts the goober back in gubernatorial.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“The surprise to me this year is the way the New York Times has treated Hillary Clinton.”

That is when it began to dawn on them that Hillary may not be the most electable candidate, and that the “Inevitablity” line was just propoganda...

The September Dem Debate changed EVERYTHING for many Dem-supporting liberals, when no leading Dem would commit on camera to a withdrawal date for Iraq...

Meanwhile, Pelosi kills the liberal orgasmic dream of Impeachment, while sending out another surrender fund-raising Email at the same time.

Sooner or later, even the liberal mind can figure out when they have been played as useful idiots...


8 posted on 12/29/2007 12:43:53 AM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: FocusNexus
The rats are desperate - - they honestly do not know what to do. It is my theory that since they realize full well that Hillary is (and always has been) utterly unelectable on a national level that they have to get rid of her. They are also certain that Obama is unelectable, but believe he can more easily be swept aside once Hillary is cooked.

The Democrats (the politicians and liberal elite) want Al Gore, and it will take a brokered convention to get him. The media allies of the DNC (the networks and big-city newspapers) are going to do whatever it takes to help their party find an electable Democrat candidate, and they are in full swing. We need Hillary to recover, although it may be too late. GO, friggin Hillary.

9 posted on 12/29/2007 12:58:25 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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You're asking the wrong question.

I ask, "Why isn't the most conservative candidate getting any coverage?

I believe that they're hoping the asleep public won't notice Duncan Hunter or Alan Keyes.

10 posted on 12/29/2007 1:07:12 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die)
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To: Defiant

The media usually ignores low polling candidates.


11 posted on 12/29/2007 1:28:23 AM PST by ajay_kumar (United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
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To: Lancey Howard

You got it right. First they will topple Hillary followed by Barack. The Breck Girl will be nominated.


12 posted on 12/29/2007 1:29:51 AM PST by ajay_kumar (United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
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To: FocusNexus

The MSM loves Huckabee though?


13 posted on 12/29/2007 4:13:06 AM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: FocusNexus
The study is based on 481 election stories that aired on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, NBC and "Special Report." The findings reveal that on-air evaluations of Clinton were negative nearly 60 percent of the time, while evaluations of Obama were positive 61 percent of the time.

The media has always been trying to make the Clintons look good.

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The real axis of Evil - the MSM and Clintons.

14 posted on 12/29/2007 4:35:42 AM PST by Bon mots (I)
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“If the Dems could have anything, they would wish for Huckabee as the Republican nominee.”

I think that’s true. I have also noticed the media - including FOX - recently turning adoring eyes toward John McCain. If Huckabee goes away, their next loved candidate would be John McCain, an easy pick-off for Hillary. (The media’s hatred of Romney is rather obvious and is just another reason why IMHO Romney rocks.)


15 posted on 12/29/2007 4:41:23 AM PST by Saundra Duffy (Romney Rocks!!!)
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It is not the one they bray loudest about who is the one of which they are the most afraid.

It is the one whose name is whispered off camera lest he gain traction.

Every opportunity they have they ignore Hunter.

16 posted on 12/29/2007 5:28:00 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: ajay_kumar
The media usually ignores low polling candidates.

If they make them a nonperson, that is a guarantee they can continue to ignore them.

17 posted on 12/29/2007 5:29:56 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: ajay_kumar

Good one. How’s Harold?


18 posted on 12/29/2007 9:29:32 AM PST by Defiant (Huckabee puts the goober back in gubernatorial.)
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To: Lancey Howard
I think you are right on target. The media wants algore, he deserves it, he won it and then he was robbed!

Sorry about that last part I was channeling someone from DU.

19 posted on 12/29/2007 9:37:01 AM PST by Ditter
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To: FocusNexus
that's easy: President Bush.

Oh, wait...

20 posted on 12/29/2007 10:37:57 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (whose spirit is hillary channelling these days?)
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