US elections 2008: Assessing the media's negative impact on the campaign

by Negale Jackson

The Powerful: Will they ever follow the Rules It appears that the 2008 Presidential Election has reawakening millions of Americans who were unconcern as to the political culture of today and just how the privilege ...read more

by Mona Gallagher

The mainstream media once held the reins of public opinion and admittedly they do have great influence over voters who rely solely on them for election news. With the Internet, they've lost some of their muscle. Voters who...read more

by Shawna Blake

It is true that the media has handed us negativity toward our current election. It is, however a completely different thing to think that it may be any worse than usual. Sixty years ago, the television coverage was far con...read more

by MJ Suttor

The latest wave of media coverage has show after show displaying pictures of Barack Obama in African garb. On these shows anchors and pundits speculate whether or not this photo will have an impact on the presidential rac...read more

by Jose A. Colon Rivera

A few days ago, during the Democrat debate, Senator Clinton complained about media bias. Her complaint, in my view had merit since; the media focused on Mrs. Clinton's failing campaign, but with the exception of this last ...read more

by YAW

A Call to Conscience The coverage of the United States Presidential Primary Elections has been somewhat fairly covered by the major cable television stations in the country. But there is room for improvement. In any de...read more

by Ted Sherman

Why must we assume that the media is a negative force in the current elections battles? Isn't our democracy founded on a free press? If a reporter or TV network wants to ridicule a candidate, it can be done without legal d...read more

by Lori Ronan

The candidate's prance and dance and try to woo us to their side. They seek the media and the revel in the power of the press. They buy millions of dollars of airtime to promote their policies and their propaganda. They ha...read more

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by Paul Wylie

The 2008 Gay Marriage, Abortion Rights, And Terror Campaign Within the space of 24 hours, Americans have had the focus of the entire Presidential campaign cunningly shifted from right under their noses. The issues have ...read more

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by Lynda Appell

Many of the members of www.democrats.com want to boycott ABC News over the PA Democratic party presidential debate. Last week, April 2008 the American Broadcasting company broadcast the only PA Democratic primary Democ...read more

by James Di Fiore

Once you weave through all the zaney graphics, it is clear how the media is at least partially responsible for projecting their own views onto their unsuspecting audience. One thing's for certain - the number one job incre...read more

by Stephen Queen

Where to begin on the medias negative impact on the election? Up to this point in the 2008 the negative impact has had to do with representation of the candidates. We could start with Hillary and Obama, a "choice" between ...read more

by Joseph Schwimmer

Freedom of speech is currently at the grave of our founding fathers, begging for mercy. It feels violated, hurt to the depths of its core. Taken advantage of and abused, the poor bill is wondering whether it is one of righ...read more

by Will Kester

On balance, I hope the negative and positive impact of the media will be relatively neutral, not taking down the better candidate for the sake of infotainment', but that may just be wishful dreaming. The media has, bu...read more

by Dalley Hughes

Want to determine the amount of negative impact the media is having in the 2008 election? Be sure to look at both the Short Term and Long Term Arenas. Short Term- Communication Grapevine Promoting spread of mis...read more

by Michael Ford

The media's negative impact on the 2008 election stems from a single problem: The media is not covering the election. They are covering "the race". Coverage of "the race" runs like coverage of a football game. It's either ...read more