Fox News Beats all others in Election Coverage Ratings, YES!

Fox News Rocks the ratings again, they must be doing something right. They are consistently found to be the fairest of all the networks; they are fair and balanced, it's not just a slogan. If you do not believe this this, then you have already drank the Kool Aid, and it is too late for you, I give you my condolences. Fox News' Bill O'Reilly loved, loathed in survey Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:56pm EST By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Guess it's true: You either love or hate Bill O'Reilly. A Pew Research Center study found that the Fox News Channel commentator, who has long had the most popular show in cable news, tops the list as the public's favorite and least favorite campaign journalist. O'Reilly was cited as favorite by 5% of those surveyed and least favorite by 6%. To be fair, 50% didn't have a favorite, and 60% didn't have a least favorite. Also among the favorites, all cited by under 3%, were Tom Brokaw, Sean Hannity, Charles Gibson, Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper, Brian Williams, Wolf Blitzer and Katie Couric. Couric drew 5% for least favorite, with less than 3% for Rush Limbaugh, Olbermann, Hannity, Chris Matthews, Gibson and George Stephanopoulos. O'Reilly can console himself as being the favorite campaign correspondent of 9% of Republicans -- the highest for the question -- and the least favorite of 10% of Democrats. Democrats tapped Olbermann as their favorite, while Couric was the least favorite of Republicans. It was Couric's interview with Sarah Palin in mid-September that started raising concerns about the Republican vp candidate. On the other hand, it seems like viewers are turning the page on the election and turning their attention almost fully to the economic crisis. Pew said 54% of Americans are closely following economic news, with 31% following it "fairly" closely. The unemployment rate is gathering the close attention of 39% of viewers, along with 32% who were paying fairly close attention. Meanwhile, 48% of the news coverage last week was taken up by the election and 21% on the transition for President-elect Barack Obama. Only 7% of the news coverage was devoted to the economy and 1% to unemployment. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE4AD0X020081114 Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study to point to. Comments made by sources, voters, reporters and anchors that aired on ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts over the past two months reflected positively on Obama in 65 percent of cases, compared to in 31 percent of cases with regards to McCain, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. ABC's "World News" had more balance than NBC's "Nightly News" or the "CBS Evening News," the group said. Meanwhile, the first half of Fox News Channel's "Special Report" with Brit Hume showed more balance than any of the network broadcasters, although it was dominated by negative evaluations of both campaigns. The center didn't evaluate programs on CNN or MSNBC. The center analyzed 979 separate news stories shown between Aug. 23 and Oct. 24, and excluded evaluations based on the campaign horse race, including mention of how the candidates were doing in polls. For instance, when a voter was interviewed on CBS Oct. 14 saying he thought Obama brought a freshness to Washington, that was chalked up as a pro-Obama comment. When NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported Oct. 1 that some conservatives say that Sarah Palin is not ready for prime-time, that's marked in the negative column for McCain. ABC recorded 57 percent favorable comments toward the Democrats, and 42 percent positive for the Republicans. NBC had 56 percent positive for the Democrats, 16 percent for the Republicans. CBS had 73 percent positive (Obama), versus 31 percent (McCain). Hume's telecast had 39 percent favorable comments for McCain and 28 percent positive for the Democratic ticket. It was the second study in two weeks to remark upon negative coverage for the McCain-Palin ticket. The Project for Excellence in Journalism concluded last week that McCain's coverage has been overwhelmingly negative since the conventions ended, while Obama's has been more mixed. http://www.goldtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=219233

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