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Authors: Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter
ISBN-13: 9780742553774, ISBN-10: 0742553779
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Stephen J. Farnsworth

Book Synopsis

Beginning with the 1988 presidential election and now updated through 2004, The Nightly News Nightmare shows how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined.

Table of Contents

1U.S. presidential elections and television news : studying media content1
2A need-to-know basis? : covering issues of substance and the horse race31
3Who elected you? : candidates versus reporters77
4A plague on all your houses : negativity, fairness, and accuracy111
5"Nobody does it better"? : the networks versus other campaign news sources159
6Maybe next year? : the future of campaign coverage189
App. ACampaign information items used in the content analysis209
App. BInternet resources on the news media and presidential elections213

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