News Coverage Index: "MSNBC and CNN were much more consumed with the war in Iraq than was Fox."

[sabra]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/pej_says_fox_news_covers_the_iraq_war_a_lot_less_than_cnn_or_msnbc_59770.asp

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According to PEJ's first quarter News Coverage Index, "MSNBC and CNN were much more consumed with the war in Iraq than was Fox." (See the chart to the right.)

In daytime, FNC devoted 6 percent of its time to Iraq, and 17 percent of its time to Anna Nicole. For CNN, the mix was 20 percent Iraq, 5 percent Anna; for MSNBC, the mix was 18 percent Iraq, 10 percent Anna.

"Fox also stood out for its lack of coverage on the firings of the U.S. attorneys, compared with the other channels. The story, which gained real momentum in mid March, consumed a mere 2% of Fox’s total airtime. CNN devoted twice that percent (4%) and MSNBC four times (8%)," the report says...

[Robbien]

1. The fact that the US government is just an arm of the RNC gets only 4%

coverage on CNN is a crying shame.

[gratuitous]

Anna Nicole Smith: Three times as important as the war in Iraq

Odd, isn't it? We're allegedly in a war in Iraq for our very existence, according to the administration and its Fox mouthpieces. If we lose this, it's all over for the United States, and you'd either get yourself fitted for a coffin or learn which direction Mecca is, pally.

And yet, for all this existential danger, Fox spends three times as much of its coverage on a dead model as it does on the central front of the global war on terrorism. Why doesn't their coverage match their hyperventilated, overblown rhetoric?

[RedEarth]

2. Faux....tabloid tv at it's finest