Where's the Beef?
February 20, 2004
It has become almost trite to observe that TV coverage of election campaigns obsesses on the horserace, to the exclusion of the underlying issues. But a new study by mediachannel.org quantifies the substance gap. MediaChannel concluded that in January, the big three news networks devoted less than 5% of their campaign coverage to the five issues voters say matter most. MediaChannel Executive Director Timothy Karr joins Bob to discuss the study.
