The nightly news nightmare : network television's coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988-2000
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The nightly news nightmare : network television's coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988-2000
Rowman & Littlefield, c2003
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: cloth ISBN 9780742519053
Description
Media scholars Farnsworth and Lichter draw on the lessons of the last four presidential elections to show how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined. Through extensive analysis of news content, the authors compare what the candidates said with what the networks "say" they said and judge the disparity a nightmare. What may make it even harder to sleep at night, the authors go on to suggest that perhaps the candidates themselves do a better job of portraying the campaigns than what used to be the trusted network guardians of the news.
Table of Contents
- U. S. Presidential Elections and Television News: Studying Media Content
- A Need to Know Basis? Covering Issues of Substance and the Horse Race
- Who Elected You? Candidates Versus Reporters
- "A Plague on All Your Houses?" Negativity, Fairness and Accuracy
- "Nobody Does it Better?" The Networks Versus Other Campaign News Sources
- "Maybe Next Year?" The Future of Campaign Coverage.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780742519060
Description
Acclaimed media scholars Farnsworth and Lichter draw on the lessons of the last four presidential elections to show how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined. Through extensive analysis of news content, the authors compare what the candidates said with what the networks say they said and judge the disparity a nightmare. What may make it even harder to sleep at night is that the authors go on to suggest that perhaps the candidates themselves do a better job of portraying the campaigns than those who used to be the trusted network guardians of the news.
Table of Contents
- U. S. Presidential Elections and Television News: Studying Media Content
- A Need to Know Basis? Covering Issues of Substance and the Horse Race
- Who Elected You? Candidates Versus Reporters
- "A Plague on All Your Houses?" Negativity, Fairness and Accuracy
- "Nobody Does it Better?" The Networks Versus Other Campaign News Sources
- "Maybe Next Year?" The Future of Campaign Coverage.
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