Elections/Campaigns

2005 Annual Report - Cable TV Newsroom Investment

From the annual State of the News Media report.

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2005 Annual Report - Cable TV Newsroom Investment

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People across ethnic groups report relying on local TV news as their primary medium for news about elections and voting, even though content studies show that the medium doesn’t tend to cover much local politics.

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An average of 52 million Americans watched the presidential debates in 2004, though that doesn’t include C-Span. NBC was the ratings leader in debate coverage.