January 28, 2002

Return to Normalcy?

Facts Analysis Punditry
Newsweek, Sept. 2001 34% 44% 22%
Time, Sept. 2001 62% 25% 13%
Newsweek, Nov. 2001 21% 60% 19%
Time, Nov. 2001 71% 25% 5%
Newsweek, Dec. 2001 38% 45% 17%
Time, Dec. 2001 65% 24% 11%

Time was consistently more factual in its approach to covering the war on terrorism than Newsweek in the months after September 11th.

Source: PEJ: “Return to Normalcy? How the Media Have Covered the War on Terrorism “

Date Posted: January 28, 2002