The Story Campaign Pictures Tell

Washinton Post ^ | August 5, 2008 | Deborah Howell

[The Shrew]

Barack Obama may be only eight points ahead of John McCain in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, but he's creaming McCain in the number of pictures and stories published in The Post in the past two months. ....

[The Shrew]

This is a telling story about the Dominant Left Leaning Liberal MainStream Media (L3M2) that Freepers need to read, digest and remember. It gives specific numbers and will need to be a base point to examine the same data after the election.

Regards,

TS

[RockinRight]

“only be eight points ahead” my ass.

All but a couple polls of LIKELY voters show the race tied.

[The Shrew]

The ombudswoman from the Washington Post dishes some really neat numbers here. Check it out.

TS

[The Shrew]

Try these points:

What we found: 122 photos of Obama have been published in the paper during that time to 78 for McCain, counting tiny to big. Most of those photos ran inside the paper; most on the politics page.

Regards,

TS

[UndauntedR]

That’s almost the same Obama/McCain ratio as right here on FR.

[ckilmer]

What we found: 122 photos of Obama have been published in the paper during that time to 78 for McCain, counting tiny to big. Most of those photos ran inside the paper; most on the politics page.
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might be why the washington post’s circulation declines quarter after quarter, year after year.

if so, I say keep it up.

but likely the reason for the post’s decline lies elsewhere. people get their news elsewhere.

[zot]

Thanks for the post and the ping. I’m surprised that anyone at the Compost would notice the disparity. Now lets see if they try to be fair, or (as I expect) decide the disparity hasn’t been large enough.

[The Shrew]

but likely the reason for the post’s decline lies elsewhere. people get their news elsewhere.

I agree that's part of it, but the slanted coverage is really hurting them as evidenced by Howell's statement:

But these kinds of discrepancies feed distrust on the part of readers, especially conservative ones, who already complain that The Post is all for Obama.

Regards,

TS