The Nightly News Nightmare Media Coverage of

The Nightly News Nightmare, Third Edition, examines news coverage of presidential nomination and election campaigns starting with 1988. Farnsworth and Lichter find that the news media, despite the wide variety of outlets, have consistent problems in terms of fairness and focus on substantive matters rather than the horse-race reporting of the latest polls. In addition to the extensive discussion of the 2008 campaign, the third edition offers far more discussion and evidence regarding the use of alternative media, including online content, in the most recent presidential election. The authors conclude that online news had many of the same problems found in mainstream news coverage.

Stephen J. Farnsworth is assistant professor of communication at George Mason University and a former newspaper journalist. S. Robert Lichter is professor of communication at George Mason University and director of the Center for Media and Public Affairs.

List of Tables	p. ix
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The Media and Presidential Elections: Studying News Content	p. 1
A Need-to-Know Basis? Covering Issues of Substance and the Horse Race	p. 29
Who Elected You? Candidates versus Reporters	p. 59
A Plague on (Almost) All Your Houses: Fairness, Negativity, and Accuracy	p. 93
"Nobody Does It Better"? Comparing Key Campaign News Sources	p. 139
Maybe Next Year? The Future of Campaign Coverage	p. 167
Campaign Information Items Used in the Content Analysis	p. 185
Internet Resources on the News Media and Presidential Elections	p. 191
References	p. 195
Index	p. 215
About the Authors	p. 227
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The Nightly News Nightmare Media Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2008

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