One of the best things about the old FTR on APT was the visibility it gave to every candidates in a race.
Shorty Price? He was there. Guy Hunt (before he actually won)? Him too.
Every candidate was provided time on the show...though we fought and won a court fight to limit candidates participation in debates.
Flash forward to now...no more FTR, and minor candidates are lucky to get a passerby to pay attention, much less the media.
The Pew folks did a study to see how the media is treating the would-be presidents.
In case you missed it, here's the CBS News report on the PEW story.
The candidate with the least positive coverage? The incumbent:
Shorty Price? He was there. Guy Hunt (before he actually won)? Him too.
Every candidate was provided time on the show...though we fought and won a court fight to limit candidates participation in debates.
Flash forward to now...no more FTR, and minor candidates are lucky to get a passerby to pay attention, much less the media.
The Pew folks did a study to see how the media is treating the would-be presidents.
In case you missed it, here's the CBS News report on the PEW story.
The candidate with the least positive coverage? The incumbent:
Does that mean there is a bias against President Obama? Supporters will say heck yea, while opponents will say it's because he's doing such a lousy job.
At least it should discredit the "liberal media" squeals...at least for the moment.
The study also determined that among the GOP candidates, Rick Perry is getting the most coverage overall, while Ron Paul is getting the least.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this blog.]
Too bad we don't have FTR anymore. It's like they have said during fundraising, "If PBS doesn't do it, who will?"
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