April 27, 2009
by Jim Cullison

Any remaining doubt has been removed...From today's Washington Post...

"The networks have given President Obama more coverage than George W.Bush and Bill Clinton combined in their first months--and more positive assessments to boot.

In a study to be released today, the Center for Media and Public Affairs and Chapman University found the nightly newscasts devoting nearly 28 hours to Obama's presidency in the first 50 days. (Bush, by contrast, got nearly eight hours.) Fifty-eight percent of the evaluations of Obama were positive on the ABC, CBS, and NBC broadcasts, compared with 33 percent positive in the comparable period of Bush's tenure and 44 percent positive for Clinton...in the New York Times...73 percent of the assessments in front-page pieces were positive."

-Howard Kurtz

Comments