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News Media Coverage of the U.S. Government: Comparing Network Television News and National Newspapers
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News Media Coverage of the U.S. Government:
Comparing Network Television News and National Newspapers
Stephen J. Farnsworth*
Department of Political Science
Mary Washington College
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone: 540-654-1508
Fax: 540-654-1482
Email:
## email not listed ##
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S. Robert Lichter
President, Center for Media and Public Affairs
2100 L Street, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-223-2942
Email:
## email not listed ##
Note: Please address all questions, comments and correspondence to Farnsworth.
Prepared for presentation, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2004
Abstract
Content analysis of network television newscasts and of the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post during the first year of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush revealed a heavy focus on the executive branch rather than the legislative and judicial branches. Tone of coverage of the executive branch was consistently less negative than coverage of the legislative branch during the first year of these three presidencies.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to the Council for Excellence in Government and the Pew Charitable Trusts for the support of this study and to the staff of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, including Dan Amundson, Mary Carroll Willi, Raymond Shank, Matthew Curry, Trevor Buttorworth, Amy Shank and Irina Abarinova. Financial support was provided by Mary Washington College and Georgetown University. All interpretations and errors remain the authors’ responsibility.
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News Media Coverage of the U.S. Government:
Comparing Network Television News and National Newspapers
Stephen J. Farnsworth*
Department of Political Science
Mary Washington College
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone: 540-654-1508
Fax: 540-654-1482
Email:
## email not listed ##
and
S. Robert Lichter
President, Center for Media and Public Affairs
2100 L Street, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-223-2942
Email:
## email not listed ##
Note: Please address all questions, comments and correspondence to Farnsworth.
Prepared for presentation, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2004
Abstract
Content analysis of network television newscasts and of the front pages of the New York Times
and the Washington Post during the first year of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
and George W. Bush revealed a heavy focus on the executive branch rather than the legislative
and judicial branches. Tone of coverage of the executive branch was consistently less negative
than coverage of the legislative branch during the first year of these three presidencies.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to the Council for Excellence in Government and the Pew Charitable Trusts for the
support of this study and to the staff of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, including Dan
Amundson, Mary Carroll Willi, Raymond Shank, Matthew Curry, Trevor Buttorworth, Amy
Shank and Irina Abarinova. Financial support was provided by Mary Washington College and
Georgetown University. All interpretations and errors remain the authors’ responsibility.
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