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The viewpoints expressed in coverage of the war on terror after September 11th were mostly positive, at most mixed, but not often negative when it came to the Bush Admnistration's policies.

The tone of stories about the war on terror  in the media overall after September 11was mostly positive toward the Bush Administration, sometimes mixed, and not often negative.

Between 1977 and 1997, the news agenda of the three network evening newscasts became what journalists would traditionally call "softer."

Subract the commercials, the teases for upcoming stories, the promos for other network shows, the local news inserts and the segments that are selling products or doing cross promotions, and only just over half the two hours of network news shows is left for news content--be it a cooking segment ...

This chart shows how often networks offered a disclosure when promoting a parent company's product. In June 2001 there were a total of 27 parent company products; in October 2001 there were 20 parent company products appearing on morning news programs.

The topic agenda of network morning news, which favored lifestyle and celebrity in the months before September 11, 2001, changed dramatically in the month after. It would not remain so.

CBS' morning news program was the most likely to promote products of its parent company, Viacom of any of the network morning news in 2001. Good Morning America on ABC, owned by Disney, was next. The No. 1 rated Today show on NBC, whose parent company is General Electric, engaged in such s ...

President Bush was relatively invisible in the press in his first months in office compared with President Clinton in his.

Media assessments of Clinton in his early days were mostly neutral, but the only area in which positive assessments outweighed negative were over his character.

Media assessments of Bush's first two months in office were mostly neutral but became more negative over time.