News Index: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all the PEJ Weekly News Indexes. They are published below in chronological order, but our archive is also searchable. Use the key word search on the left to find reports about specific news events.
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 5, 2008 |
Jeremiah Wright’s media tour drove the campaign narrative last week, generating intense speculation about his motives and the impact on Barack Obama’s candidacy. In an election noted for coverage of gaffes and controversy, no story line has had as much staying power as the minister and the candidate.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 28, 2008 | | Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton generated a huge portion of the headlines last week as Pennsylvanians finally went to the polls. The issue of race re-emerged to play a substantial role in the media’s Democratic campaign narrative. And Republican John McCain struggled to be heard through the din.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 21, 2008 |
The two Democratic contenders went at it last week, battling over Barack Obama’s “bitter” remarks at a California fundraiser and over the ABC debate that some said had too much “gotcha.” Trailing in the race for attention, John McCain saw the media examine everything from his economic policy to his temper last week.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 14, 2008 | | Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attracted more attention from the press than John McCain last week. But the two Democrats were often engaged in serious damage control while the GOP’s candidate was basking in some pretty positive coverage.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 10, 2008 |
Two liberal radio hosts, Randi Rhodes and Ed Schultz, generated headlines and a backlash last week for their rhetoric in attacking Hillary Clinton and John McCain. And some conservative talkers see pro-Barack Obama media bias behind the calls on Clinton to withdraw.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 7, 2008 |
The key media narrative last week involved growing pressure on Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the primary fight. Meanwhile, Barack Obama tried his hand at hands-on campaigning while John McCain hoped to grab the media’s attention with a tour of some old stomping grounds.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 31, 2008 |
Democrats are finding out that being in the news isn’t necessarily good news. A week after Barack Obama was besieged by the Rev. Wright furor, Hillary Clinton’s memory and veracity came under fire. Does all this make John McCain the big winner?
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 27, 2008 | | In a week in which the campaign overwhelmingly
dominated the talk airwaves, the hottest issue was Obama’s speech aimed at
dampening the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy. In the talk show universe, the response
was impassioned, but the verdict was far from unanimous.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 24, 2008 | | John McCain and Hillary Clinton were reduced to relative obscurity last week. The media’s presidential campaign narrative instead focused on one overarching issue: could Barack Obama handle the controversy over his pastor’s racially inflammatory remarks?
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 17, 2008 | | When it came to coverage, John McCain was a forgotten man compared with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But perhaps no news was good news for the GOP in a week during which the press highlighted some of the uglier divisions among Democrats. |
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