Election Coverage Wrap-Up: USA Today
This post is the continuation of our media monitoring series examining coverage behavior of various media outlets during Election 2012. Today’s post discusses the statistical data analysis of the topic,…
Election Coverage Wrap-Up: Los Angeles Times
This post is the continuation of our media monitoring series examining coverage behavior of various media outlets during Election 2012. Today’s post discusses the statistical data analysis of the sourcing…
Election Coverage Wrap-Up: New York Times
This post is the continuation of our media monitoring series examining coverage behavior of various media outlets during Election 2012. Today’s post discusses the statistical data analysis of the sourcing…
Election Coverage Wrap-up: Miami Herald Sourcing
Today’s post explores the sourcing patterns of the Miami Herald. From January 1st through November 6th, GOP contenders and their staff had the largest VoiceShare in Miami Herald news coverage…
Election Coverage Wrap-up: Washington Post Sources
Today, the 4th Estate is starting a series that examines how different media covered Election 2012 on their front pages. The series will study various sourcing, sentiment and topical patterns…
Election Coverage Ends as Political Coverage Shifts to Fiscal Cliff
Post-mortem coverage on the election came to a screeching halt after the results were tallied. Just five days after Election Day, from November 7-11, coverage in print, television and radio…
Top Newspapers Provided Little Aid To Obama in Final Stretch
In the election coverage by a handful of the nation’s top newspapers from October 25-November 5, Obama received significant negative coverage. In all of the newspapers shown in the chart…
Pre-Election Day Coverage Comparison Between MSNBC and FOX
In election coverage on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews during the final ten days prior to Election Day, there was a heavy focus on Campaign topics. Campaign Strategy consumed 23%…
Citizens Now Writing Election Narrative in Print Media
This is one of many posts from 4thestate about citizen newsmakers. We have followed the trends and patterns of citizens’ role in election media coverage deeply. Other posts about citizens…
2nd Debate Reactions from MSNBC and FOX
In the three days of coverage that followed the first Presidential debate on October 3, both MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and FOX’s Special Report with Bret Baier were surprisingly…









