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Local News Coverage of the 2004 Campaigns: An Analysis of Nightly Broadcasts in 11 Markets
Publication Date: February 2005
Publisher(s): Lear Center Local News Archive (Project)
Author(s): Matthew Hale; Ken Goldstein; Martin Kaplan
Funder(s): Annenberg School of Communications (University of Southern California). Norman Lear Center; University of Wisconsin
Funder(s): Annenberg School of Communications (University of Southern California). Norman Lear Center; University of Wisconsin
Topic: Media, telecommunications, and information (Broadcasting)
Politics (Campaigns, lobbying, and pressure groups)
Type: Report
Abstract:
New research from Lear Center Local News Archive finds that i n the month leading up to Election Day 2004, viewers of local news saw nearly four-and-a-half times more stories about the presidential campaign than they did stories about all other political races combined. Only one third of all campaign stories focused on issues.