Non-partisan group finds huge media bias against Senator Clinton.

[rodeodance]

Non-partisan group finds huge media bias against Senator Clinton.

http://www.cmpa.com/election%20news%202_1_08.htm

MEDIA BOOST OBAMA, BASH “BILLARY”

NBC Is Toughest on Hillary; FOX Has Heaviest Coverage

Hillary Clinton is getting the worst press and Barack Obama the best press of any major presidential candidate, and Bill Clinton is also getting negative reviews, while the gap in good press between John McCain and Mitt Romney is narrowing, according to a new study of TV news election coverage by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. The study also finds that FOX’s evening news show had the most coverage of policy issues and the least coverage of the campaign horse race.

These results are from CMPA’s 2008 ElectionNewsWatch Project. They are based on a scientific content analysis of 765 election news stories (22 hours 15 minutes of airtime) that aired on the flagship evening news shows on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX (the first 30 minutes of “Special Report with Brit Hume”, which is most like the network news shows in content and presentation) from December 16, 2007 through January 27, 2008.

MAJOR FINDINGS:

Hillary Pilloried?

Since mid-December, when the presidential candidates turned their full attention to the Iowa caucuses, Sen. Barack Obama has led the race for good press and Sen. Hillary Clinton has lagged the farthest behind. From Dec 16 through Jan 27 five out of six on-air evaluations of Obama (84%) have been favorable, compared to a bare majority (51%) of evaluations of Mrs. Clinton. Examples:

“ message is one of change and reconciliation, not protest and looking back at old wounds.” – Donna Brazile, ABC

“In the face of two staggering defeats, two questions loom: Is Hillary’s campaign in crisis? And is a massive shakeup necessary?” – Brit Hume, FOX

The gap in good press has widened since the New Hampshire primary, with Clinton dropping to 47% positive comments and Obama holding steady at 83% positive. NBC’s coverage has been the most critical of Clinton – nearly 2 to 1 negative (36% positive and to 64% negative) Conversely, ABC’s coverage was most supportive -- nearly 2 to 1 positive (63% v. 37%). CBS and FOX were more balanced – 50% positive comments on FOX and 56% positive on CBS. Examples:..

[jlake]

1. It's clear who the Establishment candidate is.

The MSM, The Kennedys, John Kerry.

Obama is NOT a revolutionary candidate - he IS the status quo wrapped up in a shiny package.

[DJ13]

3. ".....he IS the status quo wrapped up in a shiny package."

And Hillary gets the most corporate money because they feel sorry for her, right?
:eyes:

[jlake]

11. And Obama doesn't have any corporate money?

Sorry, but your argument holds no water. "she did it too" does NOT make Obama a "change candidate".

[rodeodance]

73. That myth (lie)--has been posted so many times that if I had a nickel of every time I would be rich!

[in_cog_ni_to]

25. and Obama gets $227,000 from Exelon Nuclear CORPORATION because he's just a nice guy, right?

:eyes:

[joshcryer]

30. HOLY SHIT! Exelon? That's the same guy connected to AEI and the "health care" facts on his site!

[in_cog_ni_to]

48. YUP! EXELON!

:grr:

[rodeodance]

79. Obama lied to voters... On the take from Nuclear Industry... (NY T imes)

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Obama lied to voters... On the take from Nuclear Industry... (NY T imes)
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4364922#4364922
4364922, Obama lied to voters... On the take from Nuclear Industry... (NY T imes)
Posted by CONN on Sun Feb-03-08 09:52 AM

When residents in Illinois voiced outrage two years ago upon learning that the Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, the state’s freshman senator, Barack Obama, took up their cause.
<snip>
He has boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was “the only nuclear legislation that I’ve passed.”
<snip>
The campaign did not directly address the question of why Mr. Obama had told Iowa voters that the legislation had passed.

Since 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, which is based in Illinois, have contributed at least $227,000 to Mr. Obama’s campaigns for the United States Senate and for president.

Two top Exelon officials, Frank M. Clark, executive vice president, and John W. Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers.

John W. Rowe, chairman of Exelon and also of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a lobbying group, has been an Obama donor.

Mr. Obama’s chief political strategist, David Axelrod, has worked as a consultant to Exelon.


U.S. / POLITICS | February 3, 2008
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
By MIKE McINTIRE
An Illinois controversy pitting two important constituencies against each other put Barack Obama’s legislative skills to the test.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?ex=1202706000&en=9b90278942ace89a&ei=5070&emc=eta1

[OzarkDem]

99. Obama's deep ties to conservatives

That's where he's getting his money and policies.

And people are dumb enought to think he's a progressive. :eyes:

The more I learn about him, the less I like him.

[bellasgrams]

56. People love to say that about Clinton, but actually BO's record

is similar.

[bellasgrams]

57. People love to say that about Clinton, but actually BO's record

is similar.

[knight_of_the_star]

82. Hedging one's bets

if you have money on all possible options then you win something no matter what

[Cant trust em]

5. Obama himself would agree that he is not revolutionary

but reformist.

[jlake]

7. I have seen the word "revolutionary" too many time to not think it is coming from the campaign.

[Cant trust em]

23. Here's where I picked this up.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/91755/output/print

This is what turned me from a tepid supporter to a die hard.

[KittyWampus]

8. to suggest your DLC candidate is NOT the status quo is ludicrous. WHO was it that tried to get Dean

taken out of the DNC?

[jlake]

14. Hillary will work for change. Obama is just as much part of the status quo as she is.

Howard Dean should be fired for his horrible management.
He may have cost us the GE by alienating Florida voters.

[KittyWampus]

22. Oh,she'll work for change like scrapping the 50State Strategy. She's not interested in Open Govt.

the Clintons won't even release their 2006 tax return.

And the rules Dean are enforcing are the ones set up by Clintons' crony Terry McAuliffe. You didn't bitch when Terry enforced those same rules.

[jlake]

28. The 50 state strategy is a disaster.

McAuliffe was a disaster too.

But Howard Dean is not doing a very good job.

[Occam Bandage]

62. 2006 disagrees.

[jlake]

67. I sincerely hope you are kidding. All things considered, our gains were VERY modest

in 2006 - The gains in the house were downright depressing.

[Occam Bandage]

70. And were far, far better than anyone expected when Dean took the chair.

[Recursion]

96. You HAVE to be kidding

Seriously, reality check here.

[MyNameGoesHere]

61. Really they didn't. Oh that reminds me

will you email your return please i would like to look at it.

[Occam Bandage]

12. You mean the DLC co-chair who's accepted more lobbyist money than literally any other candidate?

Your gal, right?

[jlake]

19. That doesn't seem to get in the way of your worshipping Kerry.

[sandnsea]

29. Kerry is not DLC, never took PAC money n/t

[jlake]

31. Fact check: Kerry is DLC.

[jlake]

34. And it looks like he took PAC money too.....

http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/summary.asp?ID=N00000245

[sandnsea]

51. Those are other politician's PAC's

Not special interest PAC's. And, no, John Kerry is not DLC.

[jlake]

55. Why don't you look it up... he certainly is and writes an article in their magazine

just about every month.

[sandnsea]

64. wow, here's a link to the magazine

http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ka.cfm?kaid=132

:shrug:

Hillary Clinton is DLC so I don't know why you're attacking John Kerry for it anyway, even though you're wrong.

[jlake]

66. I'm not attacking him. I love the DLC - just pointing out that DLC members

support Obama.
Google "DLC John Kerry"

[sandnsea]

74. Show me the articles

You said they were there every month.

NO, John Kerry is not DLC.

[jlake]

78. I said "just about every month"

http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=250872&kaid=106&subid=122

He is a member of the DLC:
http://www.comdsd.org/article_archive/JustasUrgent.htm

[sandnsea]

84. One article in 2002??

Good bye.

[jlake]

88. You are an absolute idiot. If you google you will find dozens of articles and that he is a member.

[Occam Bandage]

35. Didn't vote for him in the primary.

He and Hillary are good Democrats, but that doesn't mean I can't find certain aspects of them disagreeable.

[jlake]

41. It's a little ironic that a DLC corporate money whore supports Obama ..

or maybe I was right the first time.

[Occam Bandage]

46. ...

:eyes:

Are you seriously suggesting that the endorsement of an establishment Democrat somehow makes Obama "more Establishment" than a DLC co-chair?

[jlake]

49. I am suggesting that the Democratic Establishment supports Obama.

Whether or not the other candidate is also for the status quo is not my point.

[Occam Bandage]

60. Some of it does. More of it supports Clinton. Clinton leads Obama in

lobbyist donations, in superdelegates, and in establishment endorsements.

[jasmine621]

17. I've been saying this since Bill Clinton left office. He was despised

by the true Dem elite insiders. Poor, white, sourthern, white, genuine empathy and friendship with blacks....

[jlake]

21. Yes, Bill was the insurgent candidate against the establishment.

The elites hate the Clintons and Love Obama.
Not sure why that is so hard for some to see.

[Occam Bandage]

37. Which "elites?" She's wrapped up the most party insiders, and the most lobbyist funding.

[in_cog_ni_to]

54. YES indeed! They HATED the Clintons because they were NOT Washington INSIDERS.

They were from Arkansas and the DC elite just couldn't stand that.

[Occam Bandage]

63. They seem to have since gotten over it.

[jlake]

68. You are either a trickster or ill informed.

[Occam Bandage]

71. Who has picked up more superdelegates? Who has more insider endorsements? Who has more lobbyist

funding?

[in_cog_ni_to]

81. From what I read here yesterday, Super delegates are pretty much up for grabs.

It seems as if the DC insiders are pissed at the Clintons for wanting the Super delegates and expecting them .....which just tells me, it's the excuse they plan to use when they don't vote for her (if it comes down to that), but we shall see.

[Occam Bandage]

86. Be that as it may, more SDs have thrown in with her than with Obama--and they're

the voice of the establishment.

[in_cog_ni_to]

90. But they haven't voted yet...have they?

We'll see what happens when push comes to shove.

[Occam Bandage]

93. Are you proposing they're bluffing?

[in_cog_ni_to]

94. I'm saying that if their votes are needed to decide this thing, they

will go with Obama because that's who the DC ELITES want.

[in_cog_ni_to]

75. I don't think so.

Take Ted Kennedy as an example.

[Occam Bandage]

76. She has more superdelegates and more endorsements than Obama does. Before TK, she

was practically sweeping the establishment board.

[in_cog_ni_to]

83. See post #81. n/t

[libertee]

20. The Establishment candidate is McCain!!! thus, watch if it's Obama..I don't want to even mention the

stops they'll pull out...Think about it...All American, war veteran, white boy..good grief!

[griffi94]

2. wow there's a shocker

the librul media is beating up on a clinton.

[bellasgrams]

69. They're beating up on Clinton because they want Obama to

go up against the Repbs.

[russian33]

4. that title could pretty much sum up the last 17 years

of Clinton coverage..sad

[Rock_Garden]

6. Thanks, Rodeodance. Good reading.

[billbuckhead]

15. They''ll be saying the same thing about Obama's coverage in the general election

And ironically, they'll turn McCain into the Mandela of Reaganism.

[robbedvoter]

45. If he secures the nomination, maybe even before that - as soon as "bad Hillary"

would be disposed off, they'll turn on the remaining democrat.

[bigtree]

9. not surprised to see this. The modern news media cut it's teeth on the Clinton's hard asses

. . . and, made a fortune trashing them

[Occam Bandage]

10. I thought her greatest strength was that she could control the national debate.

[leftynyc]

36. And which fantasy person said that? (eom)

[Occam Bandage]

39. You must be new to the electability debate.

[leftynyc]

59. You sound very dismissive.

Much like your candidate. I also notice you didn't answer the question - you only put your own spin on your own opinion.

[rodeodance]

87. You do conjure up some good ones!!--

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

13. This is no suprise

Her campaign sucks wind. The only time she has driven a news cycle is when she cried. For suposedly the best political team on the planet they have run their campaign like amatures.

[back2basics909]

16. Not a "Non-partisan group", at all...

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Media_and_Public_Affairs

"However, as shown below, CMPA's claim to be non-partisan is incompatible with the fact that nearly all its funding comes from conservative foundations."

The question is, why are conservatives so concerned about Hillary getting bad coverage?

[DJ13]

27. why are conservatives so concerned about Hillary getting bad coverage?

Because their GE campaign has been set up to run against her since she first announced she would run for the Senate.

Theres a lot more skeletons in the Clinton closet than we know about, but you can bet the GOP knows them very well indeed.

[back2basics909]

33. Espessially this group...

.. they are top notch attack dogs. That what they do, attack PBS and Fahrenheit 9/11. Just the fact they ran this report means they are up to something.

[BlackVelvet04]

65. If we don't know about them...

how do you know they exist? What a duplicitous comment.

The GOP will have Obama for lunch.

[Bad Thoughts]

95. Destroy aura of critical thinking

Whether this election or the last, republicans have worked consistently to undermine the notion that people make rational choices in elections. They like the meme that one is necessarily biased if they express an opinion in favor of or against one candidate. Anyone who criticizes a republican is, thereby, biased and has an agenda. It helps their candidates make appeals that are populist and xenophobic.

[joshcryer]

43. Good link, thanks. Joke site really, could've been able to tell by looking at it.

Erm, by "joke site" I mean the CMPA or whatever it's called.

[back2basics909]

53. Yeah people need to watch their sources [nt]

[Alamom]

18. I believe this is the report Dan Abrams brought up last night. He's

been giving them hell about it for a couple of weeks. Even mentioned KO's slant one night.

[back2basics909]

24. These are the same people who attacked PBS..

.. it was started by Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson.

[DJ13]

32. Dan Abrams

...has been a not very transparent Hillary supporter since the primaries began.

Funny, I never hear the Hillary (or even Obama) supporters railing against him for his bias like they do on any number of news people.

[bigtree]

44. did he really mention KO's Obama fest? It's predictable, He does take sides.

He was an early Clinton critic. Very snarky, back in the days when the media first started pumping up their viewership with anti-Clinton punditry.

[sandnsea]

26. It's because she has run the worst Dem campaign

I've seen in my lifetime. She has deserved every piece of negative press she's gotten. If it were truly fair, it would have been so negative she'd have been shamed out of the race completely.

Voter disenfranchisement ought to disqualify ANY Democratic candidate.

[robbedvoter]

38. Jives in with that earlier harvard study I posted - pre New Hampshire I guess

Obama: 47% positive, 16% negative.
Clinton: 27% positive, 38% negative.
McCain: 12% positive, 48% negative
Giuliani: 28% positive, 37% negative
JDNE

Net numbers

Obama +31
Giuliani -9
Clinton -11
McCain -36

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4316569

adding radio here as well:

[RaleighNCDUer]

40. It couldn't actually be because Obama is running a tighter, smarter

campaign, could it?

Hillary's campaign is completely poll driven - which means she speaks to what the people were saying LAST week, instead of guiding them into NEXT week. Her chief advisor is Mark Penn, a crooked pollster who tried to rig the polls in Venezuela against Chavez, when then won his election by a significant majority.

Besides, look at the numbers you gave there:
NBC -- 36% pos to 64% neg
ABC -- 63% pos to 37% neg
CBS -- 50% pos
FOX -- 56% pos

Doesn't exactly back up your theme. She may be faring worse tha Obama but she is nonetheless getting far more positive than negative press. She has, however, been running a clumsy campaign, and the numbers reflect that.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. this comes as no suprise to me.

[redqueen]

47. I'll bet ya most of Edwards' supporters see it, too. (nt)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

52. well the media was terrible with edwards. most people didnt even know he was running

till december/jan

[rodeodance]

89. yes, they were terrible.

[Beausoir]

50. We've known this all along. She still comes out a winner.

[BlackVelvet04]

58. Every time

I turned on CNN and MSNBC yesterday and today the first two words I heard were Barack Obama.

I emailed CNN and asked them when they were announcing the name change of the Network to BNN....Barack News Network, all Barack, all the time, no detail too minute to report, answering the burning question of boxers or briefs.

[Iceburg]

72. Would that be the same media that propped up the Chimp for 7 years? /eom

[Sulawesi]

77. Maybe there is more negative news on her because....

she is running a bad campaign against a quality opponent. If she was a tenth the politician that Obama is she never would have given up her insurmountable lead.

Most news stories about Huckabee are negative or skeptical...with good reason.

[faithfulcitizen]

80. Probably true, and another reason not to vote for her, imo. nt

[cottonseed]

85. The press loved her for the last 2 years.

Seems to me atleast, Hillary is all you ever heard about for the last year and a half. Never a peep on the other candidates. I think it's bandwagoning.

[in_cog_ni_to]

92. ALL negative coverage. Have you seen Media Matter's take on the Hillary coverage?

Here's a link:

http://mediamatters.org/action_center/matthews_monitor/

[cottonseed]

98. Wow, you've been working hard the last 2 days.

:) I agree, Mathews is a worm, but this guy was pumping Hillary (for good and bad) for quite some time now.

[in_cog_ni_to]

102. :) I recognized you. :) Did you go to the site? It's a real eye opener.

:hi:

[demokatgurrl]

91. NO!!!! Really? Bashing? I don't believe it. n/t

[Recursion]

97. It's been there for about 16 years, IIRC

One of the reasons I don't want her to be our nominee.

[Hoof Hearted]

100. In other news today: Sky up, water wet.

[Perry Logan]

101. It's sad to see so many Democrats who hate the Clintons, largely because they were told to do so.