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Reply #19: ADDENDUM: WAPO and NYT had 12 times more articles on Obama/Wright than McCain/Hagee [View All]

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Thu May-01-08 01:49 PM
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19. ADDENDUM: WAPO and NYT had 12 times more articles on Obama/Wright than McCain/Hagee

Just to give a taste how the mainstream media was willing to overcompensate to fill in the 42 days, here's one example:

Wash. Post and NY Times published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Obama and Wright as they did mentioning McCain and Hagee

Summary: A Media Matters for America review found that since February 27, the date that televangelist John Hagee endorsed Sen. John McCain for president, The New York Times and The Washington Post combined have published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Sen. Barack Obama as they have mentioning Hagee and McCain.

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The Post published 53 articles during that period that mentioned Wright and Obama, compared with three articles mentioning Hagee and McCain. The Times published 46 articles since February 27 mentioning Wright and Obama, compared with five articles mentioning Hagee and McCain.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300007?f=h_top

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Reply #19: ADDENDUM: WAPO and NYT had 12 times more articles on Obama/Wright than McCain/Hagee [View All]