WorthyNewsBot Posted June 18, 2013 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.45 Content Count: 44,435 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 987 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 18, 2013 A study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) has completed a close examination of how the media covered the issue. The principal finding? Detractors of gay marriage couldn't buy their way into the coverage. Well, that's the unscientific way of putting things. Here's how the PEJ puts it: "Almost half (47%) of the nearly 500 stories studied from March 18 (a week prior to the Supreme Court hearings), through May 12, primarily focused on support for the measure, while 9% largely focused on opposition and 44% had a roughly equal mix of both viewpoints or were neutral."http://www.worthynews.com/top/washingtonpost-com-blogs-erik-wemple-wp-2013-06-17-u-s-media-cheers-for-same-sex-marriage-study--print-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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