Who is the (corporate owned) media endorsing?

[jackson_dem]

Whether coverage of the candidates was positive or negative.

Obama: 47% positive, 16% negative.
Clinton: 27% positive, 38% negative.
McCain: 12% positive, 48% negative
Giuliani: 28% positive, 37% negative
JDNE

Net numbers

Obama +31
Giuliani -9
Clinton -11
McCain -36

http://www.journalism.org/node/8187

These are from the first five months of the campaign. If anyone has a newer study post it. There is little reason to believe the tenor of reporting changed from that point until Iowa. Since then as the sniping has escalating the positive numbers for each candidate must have dropped, with the brief exception of the media orgasm for Obama after Iowa and McCain's favorable coverage since New Hampshire.

[sam sarrha]

1. they must have some really bad shit on Obama... simmering till after the nomination...

[avaistheone1]

10. That's what I am afraid of too. MSM has given him the kid glove treatment.

That makes me extremely suspicious that something is up.

[ClericJohnPreston]

2. Yet listen to the squealing

of his supporters.

Funny, they can't handle ANY heat; what about their candidate? Seems he is folding and angry already.

[skipos]

3. Why don't you ask Murdoch who he is endorsing.

There is your answer.

Those McCain numbers are total horseshit, in my professional analysis.

[jackson_dem]

4. Judging by what his network does apparently Obama

So Murdoch agrees with the rest of the media.

[City Lights]

8. Judging by who he gives money to apparently Clinton.

$2300 to Hillary Clinton for President.

http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Rupert_Murdoch.php

[Kucinich4America]

5. So are the Hillary numbers.

Unless it's "negative" to promote her as the "inevitable nominee" since 2 minutes after Chimpy took the second invalid oath of office.

[jackson_dem]

7. Hillary has been attacked a zillion times

Why didn't we hear about Rezko until a year after Obama's campaign began? It took Hillary mentioning Rezko for the media to pick it up.

[Andy823]

9. I think Hillary

Ruined the "surprise" they were holding on to till after the nomination!

[jpgray]

6. For the first five months, the McCain numbers sound about right

He got his major media-darling mojo back only recently.

[jlake]

11. It looks like Obama to me.

[LandOLincoln]

12. I've got a bad, bad feeling about all this, and so, apparently, does

Bob Somerby and his Daily Howler:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4175403

[Zueda]

13. You do realize that there could be a valid explanation don't ya?

on edit: Here is just one reason why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVuMYKs8iJs