McCain closing amount of Coverage Gap

[BigRob]

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a report this week that found for the first time since the general election campaign began in early June, McCain is pulling nearly as much media coverage as Obama.

“They clearly took the initiative with that ad, and they clearly created a buzz,” said Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the group.

The Pew report found that during the week of July 28-Aug. 3, McCain was a “significant or dominant factor” in 78 percent of campaign stories, compared with 81 percent for Obama.

It was the first time his weekly coverage was even within 10 percentage points of Obama’s.

Jurkowitz pointed to two major factors: One was the ad released exactly one week ago that used images of Hilton and Britney Spears to claim that Obama was the biggest celebrity in the world. The campaign repeated the theme in interviews and memos, and on Wednesday released a new ad asking, “Is the biggest celebrity in the world ready to help your family?”

The other factor, Jurkowitz said, was a degree of introspection on the part of the media, which he said reassessed their own coverage of Obama as network and cable news outlets went gaga over his trip abroad.

A similar shift in scrutiny seemed to happen during the Democratic primary, after Hillary Clinton’s campaign complained that Obama was getting favorable treatment.

If this was the attempt of his ad campaign, it seems to have worked.

 

[pocketfullofshells]

goes to show its not liberal media..its that McCain finnaly did something newworthy and of interest..

Trip overseas vs standing in grocery store ....whats going to get more coverage no matter who runs....the overseas....

 

[UShadItComing]

Grocery stores are good and besides, if the world likes Obama then Obama is a commie, pinko, socialist European loving little bugger up to more 'monkey' business.

Just look at his big ears and don't say that doesn't tell you something about him. Libs and Gensen already pointed that out for us!

 

[Libsmasher]

If this was the attempt of his ad campaign, it seems to have worked.

What they don't mention is that a high proportion of the lib media coverage of McCain is negative, whereas obama's coverage remains uncritical and worshipful. There is NO WAY in this campaign or any other campaign that the lib media would cover this or anything else without their well-known bias - it's completely ingrained in them.

 

[UShadItComing]

What they don't mention is that a high proportion of the lib media coverage of McCain is negative, whereas obama's coverage remains uncritical and worshipful. There is NO WAY in this campaign or any other campaign that the lib media would cover this or anything else without their well-known bias - it's completely ingrained in them.

Just like I said, commie plot.

 

[Andy]

Just like I said, commie plot.

Agreed. You are making progress.

 

[UShadItComing]

Agreed. You are making progress.

Me and you and John McCain Andy! Fu-k libs, he's old news now.