[thulldud]

...the media's "favorable coverage of Carter and his campaign that gave him an edge, propelling him rocket-like to the top of the opinion polls"

Notice that the only part of the article which makes sense is quoted from another author.

And i remember some of that media coverage. Time magazine articles on the Carter campaign would have four-color spread illustrations, while two pages over Ford's appearances were depicted in B&W. Didn't take much headscratching to puzzle out which candidate was the Establishment's favorite.

[Gaffer]

It was a Nixon retribution. It took four years of Jimmy Peanut to set the stage for Reagan’s second try.