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2012 Election Coverage	,[object Object],A look at CNN and online news sources,[object Object]
CNN,[object Object],Directly covers 2012 election,[object Object],“Top 5: 2012” section,[object Object],Election Center,[object Object],Political Ticker with 2012 news,[object Object],Indirectly covers 2012 election, as well,[object Object],Current Obama news (“Obama facing mounting criticism over Libya”) juxtaposed with 2012 candidate news,[object Object]
Potential Republican Candidates	,[object Object],Many articles addressing Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, and Donald Trump as potential candidates,[object Object]
Potential Republican Candidates	,[object Object],Bachmann news about forming exploratory committee and participating in early debates,[object Object],Trump openly criticizes Obama (“Trump again questions Obama’s birthplace),[object Object],Emphasis on Pawlenty’s roots and upbringing (“How Pawlenty’s life story prepared him for White House run,” “Pawlenty in South Carolina…”),[object Object],Lots of miscellaneous stories on Newt Gingrich, but not as a potential candidate,[object Object]
More on CNN	,[object Object],Themes,[object Object],Introducing Republican candidates/providing counterpoints to Obama’s actions and current operations,[object Object],Hypotheses based on polls (LOTS of polls!),[object Object],Makes news less compelling (Recall Nyhan’s claim about polls’ insignificance at this time),[object Object],Overall tone,[object Object],Rather neutral,[object Object],Pretty balanced coverage of Democrats and Republicans, but mainly coverage on Republican candidates and Obama (fundraising for campaign),[object Object],However, there were features on Republican Congress members with Democratic challengers,[object Object]
Real Clear Politics,[object Object],Allows readers to obtain articles from various sources (FOX News, NY Times, Bill O’Reilly, Keith Olbermann),[object Object],Accused of being right leaning, but it’s pretty balanced overall,[object Object],Began coverage on November 8 with “Goodbye, 2010, Hello, 2012”,[object Object],Most coverage painted doom for Obama,[object Object],Reports that he would have a primary challenger and likely win, but have trouble in the general election,[object Object]
Potential Republican Candidates,[object Object],Possible candidates in November include Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence, John Thune, Haley Barbour, Mike Huckabee,[object Object]
More on Real Clear Politics,[object Object],Basic content layout,[object Object],“2012 GOP Nomination” section with articles,[object Object],Headlines and articles include “DeMint predicts fresh GOP candidates for President,” Politico article about Barbour thinking Obama votes are “stupid,” Romney’s chances, Washington Post articles about lots of promising candidates who need to take the country back, video of Bachmann: “I want a waiver from the last two years of Obama”,[object Object],Poll averages at the bottom,[object Object], Has Real Clear Politics Poll Averages on the Bottom:President Obama Job Approval: RCP Average is 48.4% approve, 46.2% disapproveCongressional Job: 66.2 disapprove, 24.2 approveGeneric Congressional vote: 50.7 for Repubs, 41.3 DemocratsDirection of the country: 26.8 say right direction, 64.6 say wrong track,[object Object]
More on Real Clear Politics,[object Object],Themes,[object Object],Obama’s experience as a leader (with regards to Libya),[object Object],Troubled economy (Obamacare heavily mentioned),[object Object],Disapproval of Obama among potential candidates,[object Object],Lots of external articles about Republican candidates, not much about Obama’s campaign,[object Object],Varying coverage,[object Object],Mostly other sources, so there is not a balanced look,[object Object],Predominately Republican-oriented ,[object Object],Critical coverage of Obama, but also Obama defense,[object Object]
More on Real Clear Politics,[object Object],No unique voice,[object Object],Compilation, database-like source,[object Object],Tone,[object Object],Neutral, like CNN,[object Object],Sources from both sides,[object Object]
Salon.com,[object Object],Founded in 1995,[object Object],Claims to be the first online-only commercial publication,[object Object],Heavy use of humor and editorial content,[object Object],Political coverage page is known as “The War Room”,[object Object],Heavy coverage of the Tea Party and their questionable definition and influence,[object Object],Openly critical of other news sources (FOX News, The Huffington Post),[object Object]
Salon.com Links	,[object Object],Brett Baier on Daily Show,[object Object],Huffington Post, Andrew Breitbart ,[object Object],Herbert Cain, "It's hard to interpret this exhange as anything other than straight-up bigotry",[object Object],Donald Trump's White House Con,[object Object],Obama's "Intervention" in Libya,[object Object]
Politico,[object Object],Most stories are about possible political candidates,[object Object],“Romney’s Path: Victory by Slog,” “Bachmann Bid Could Shake Up the New Field,” “Bachmann Confirms She’s Inched Closer to the 2012 Election,” “Romney’s Iowa Strategy Still Uncertain,” “Huckabee: Evidence Mounts that He Won’t Run”,[object Object],2012 Live,[object Object],Entire section dedicated to the election,[object Object],Potential candidates and news stories,[object Object],Candidate and early state trackers,[object Object],Links to candidates’ information and Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube pages,[object Object]
More on Politico,[object Object],Other candidates’ disapproval of Obama,[object Object],“Newt Gingrich blasts Obama on not confronting radical Islam,” “Sarah Palin slams Obama for interfering in Israel,” “Trump on ‘I’ve got my birth certificate, where’s yours?’”,[object Object],Stories on Obama and his progress and support for re-election,[object Object],These stories bleed into other issues like economy, national debt, and international problems (ex: Libya),[object Object],Some reporting on Obama’s funding, but less than CNN,[object Object]
Potential Republican Candidates,[object Object],Not as much coverage of the Tea Party,[object Object],Focus on keeping GOP united under one common goal (get rid of Obama, cut government spending),[object Object],Examples: “GOP’s 2012 Playbook: Cuts blaze trail,” “GOP govs show Obama no love,” “Limited government unites group”,[object Object]
More on Politico,[object Object],Convenient, user-friendly content,[object Object],Tone,[object Object],Similar to CNN (neutral with off-the-wire stories),[object Object],Candidates should focus efforts on CNN,[object Object],Politico is similar, but CNN has a larger audience,[object Object]
More on Politico,[object Object],Themes,[object Object],Presidential candidates,[object Object],Links to other media sources (Facebook, etc.),[object Object],Obama (indirectly),[object Object],Most stories and reports on Obama involve other candidates’ thoughts and comments on him,[object Object]
Concluding Remarks,[object Object],Lots of direct and indirect coverage of the 2012 election,[object Object],Lots of coverage on Republican candidates on all sites,[object Object],Lots of Obama criticism (mainly with Republican candidates) ,[object Object],Lots of polls,[object Object],Lots of the word “lots” on this slide ,[object Object]

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