Comments on: My problem with political journalists http://news21blog.org/2008/01/22/my-problem-with-political-journalists/ Election 2008: What's At Stake? Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeremy Rue http://news21blog.org/2008/01/22/my-problem-with-political-journalists/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jeremy Rue Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:26:09 +0000 http://blog.newsinitiative.org/2008/01/22/my-problem-with-political-journalists/#comment-4 Two months ago in November, Harvard University released a study that showed 88% of the public thought the media coverage of the elections was too focused on "trivial" matters. Here is the actual study in PDF format: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership/images/CPLpdf/cpl_index%202007%20%283%29.pdf I have to agree with the 88%. These pundits ARE talking to only each other. Worse yet -- it's actually affecting the way campaigns are run. Candidates play into these pundits because, well, they're so visible. In fact, I believe the pundits actually instigate this issue. I draw your attention to another fairly relevant source: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=147887&title=gloves-off Two months ago in November, Harvard University released a study that showed 88% of the public thought the media coverage of the elections was too focused on “trivial” matters.

Here is the actual study in PDF format: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership/images/CPLpdf/cpl_index%202007%20%283%29.pdf

I have to agree with the 88%. These pundits ARE talking to only each other. Worse yet — it’s actually affecting the way campaigns are run. Candidates play into these pundits because, well, they’re so visible. In fact, I believe the pundits actually instigate this issue.

I draw your attention to another fairly relevant source:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=147887&title=gloves-off

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