2008 campaign is top news story by Delia Cruceru

According to a recent study released this Monday, politics attracts the U.S media's attention more than the war in Iraq. The presidential campaign became one hot subject as the rivals are involving in heavy and controversial disputes. The report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism said: "Campaign coverage that had paid more attention to Democrats than Republicans in the first three months of the year became more evenly split between the parties." The researchers examined almost every media source: 18.000 stories from 13 newspapers, eight radio outlets, five online sites, three cable-news channels and both morning and evening network newscasts. According to the report the war issues made up just fewer than 15 percent of news reports, compared to 22 percent for the first quarter. Democrats and Republicans received nearly the same coverage, 42 percent vs. 41 percent, compared to the previous quarter when the Democrats had 64 percent and the Republicans 24 percent. They said that Barack Obama had the most coverage from the Democratic camp. For the Republicans the leaders are John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, but the coverage was split among them. Other top stories were the massacre from the Virginia Tech with 5 percent and with 2 percent the Don Imus controversy, Iran and the fired U.S. attorneys. It seems that the recent drama of Paris Hilton can't be compared with the controversy of Anna Nicole Smith, not having enough coverage as the Smith's dead and disputes over her baby's custody.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_en_tv/tv_news_coverage;_ylt=AvVk.6Fzbn5gS11eO8Udnius0NUE

by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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