Actually, the degree of bias is newsworthy. According to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the nightly newscasts devoted nearly 28 hours to Obama's presidency in the first 50 days, versus 8 hours for Bush in his first 50. And 58% of the NBC, ABC, and CBS evaluations of Obama were positive, compared with just 33% for Bush. That means of the nearly 19 total positive hours of coverage given to either Obama or Bush, a whopping 86% covered Obama positively, with Bush getting just 14% of the combined total [chart]. And while network positives hit 58%, at the New York Times an even more one-sided 73% of the front-page assessments were positive.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Dog Bites Man: Media Loves Obama
Actually, the degree of bias is newsworthy. According to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the nightly newscasts devoted nearly 28 hours to Obama's presidency in the first 50 days, versus 8 hours for Bush in his first 50. And 58% of the NBC, ABC, and CBS evaluations of Obama were positive, compared with just 33% for Bush. That means of the nearly 19 total positive hours of coverage given to either Obama or Bush, a whopping 86% covered Obama positively, with Bush getting just 14% of the combined total [chart]. And while network positives hit 58%, at the New York Times an even more one-sided 73% of the front-page assessments were positive.
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