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Marisa Guthrie
Almost 39M Tune In for McCain Speech
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 7, 2008 - 7:55pmLast updated: September 7, 2008 - 7:56pm
Sen John McCain's (R-AZ) acceptance speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention Thursday was seen by 38.9 million viewers across the broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
News Execs Fire Back at GOP Media Attacks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 4, 2008 - 7:48pmLast updated: September 5, 2008 - 7:27am
After several primetime speakers at this week's Republican National Convention unleashed a barrage of attacks on the news media for their coverage of vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, network news executives defended their coverage and dismissed the charges as a stale political strategy meant to distract viewers from legitimate election issues.
37.2M Tune In to Palin's Speech
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 4, 2008 - 7:46pmLast updated: September 4, 2008 - 7:46pm
Over 32 million people watched Alaska Gov Sarah Palin accept the nomination of the Republican party to be Vice President. That was just over 1 million short of the 38.3 million who tuned in to watch Sen.
Convention vs. Storm Coverage
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 1, 2008 - 5:25pmLast updated: September 1, 2008 - 5:26pm
With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, news divisions with considerable personnel and resources earmarked for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul (MN) have mobilized for what could be the biggest storm since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans.
McCain Learning to "Love" Web
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 27, 2008 - 6:44pmLast updated: July 27, 2008 - 6:44pm
The McCain campaign's web ad, "Obama Love," released last week has already been viewed over 259,000 times.
Investigative Journalism Under Fire
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 8:09amInvestigations of the rich and powerful, the multinational corporations and monopoly industries, have all but dried up, say a coterie of journalists still trying to ply their trade. To be sure, enterprise reporting on the network level is far from dead.
Bill Clinton 'Woefully Unprepared for 21st Century Media'
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 28, 2008 - 7:33amLast updated: August 7, 2008 - 11:15am
If there's one thing that Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) all have in common, it's that each of the presidential candidates has already endured his or her very own YouTube moment.
Obama’s Unusual Primetime Exposure
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 14, 2008 - 7:39amSen Barack Obama's campaign is funneling almost one-half of its TV ad spending into primetime. Primary-season political advertising traditionally has been clustered around local news, based on conventional wisdom that viewers attuned to the political process -- and likely to actually vote -- are probably watching the 5 o’clock news, not American Idol.
