Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4...In overall political stories from June 4 to Friday, Obama dominated by 142 to 96. Obama has been featured in 35 stories on Page 1; McCain has been featured in 13, with three Page 1 references with photos to stories on inside pages...This dovetails with Obama's dominance in photos, which I pointed out two weeks ago.
"This is not just a Post phenomenon," Howell writes. She reports that the Project for Excellence in Journalism has monitored campaign coverage in large and medium-circulation newspapers, broadcast evening and morning news shows, news Web sites, major cable news networks, and public and other radio. Its latest weekly report shows that for the eighth time in nine weeks, Obama received significantly more coverage than McCain.
Also, the Center for Media and Public Affairs reports that late night jokes on Leno, Letterman, and O’Brian and from Comedy Central’s John Stewart and Stephen Colbert over January-July “favored” McCain over Obama 549 to 382. And that was before McCain said he’s unsure how many homes he owns.
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