Issue Area: Elections


Extra Articles and Studies
Iran vs. Honduras: The Times’ selective promotion of democracy (August 2009) By Michael Corcoran and Stephen Maher

Salvador Votes, Media Yawn: No return to the scene of 1980s cheerleading (May 2009) By James North

Sidebar: The Most Liberal Senator? (July/August 2008) By Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas

Less...
Humbled in New Hampshire?: Press needs to quit guessing and start reporting (Update February 2008) By Peter Hart

The Horserace Waste: The uselessness of early polling (Update June 2007) By Peter Hart

Make Your Own Damn Sign!: Why Democrats need to promote progressive media (May/June 2007) By Laura Flanders

Back to the Future in Nicaragua: Can U.S. media forgive Ortega for Washington’s attacks on him? (January/February 2007) By Jim Naureckas

The Repeatedly Re-Elected Autocrat: Painting Chávez as a 'would-be dictator' (November/December 2006) By Steve Rendall

Sidebar: The Internet Problem (July/August 2006) By Peter Hart

Move Over—Over and Over: Media’s rightward push for Democrats (July/August 2006) By Peter Hart and Steve Rendall

Defeated by Democracy: Reported as triumph, Iraq elections were really Bush team’s nightmare (May/June 2005) By Seth Ackerman

The Great Emancipator: Media credit Bush for “democratization” of the Mideast (May/June 2005) By Peter Hart

A "Glitch" in Democracy: Coverage of computer voting problems too little, too late? (May/June 2004) By Karen Charman

Misdirections on Iraq "Elections": Power for "not just anyone" (March/April 2004) By Seth Ackerman

Weeding the Field: Press tries to determine who should and shouldn't run for president (September/October 2003) By Jacqueline Bacon

Covering the Horserace, Not the Track: The press shortchanges electoral reform (January/February 2002) By Rob Richie

What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By George Farah and Justin Elga

A Dire Shortage of Pre-Inaugural Schlock: The agony of not knowing which boots to lick (January/February 2001) By Norman Solomon

Election Night Meltdown: Media monopoly contributed to exit-poll errors (January/February 2001) By Steve Rendall

Horserace Tramples Issues: News Media on the Campaign Trail (November/December 1998) By Hunter Cutting

Monica Mania (Update October 1998)

Elections in Europe: The media vote for austerity (September/October 1997) By Seth Ackerman

Dole's Debt to the Press: Election Coverage Narrowed Clinton's Lead—and Helped the GOP Keep Congress (January/February 1997) By Jim Naureckas

Fraudulent Reporting: U.S. Media on the Mexican Election (November/December 1994) By Mark Cook

Pundits to Clinton: Break Campaign Promises, Ignore "Liberal Interests" (January/February 1993) By Jim Naureckas

Issues, Images & Impact: A FAIR survey of voters' knowledge (December 1992) By Justin Lewis and Michael Morgan

Unfair to Bush? Unfair to Clinton?: Campaign coverage was unfair to voters (December 1992) By Jim Naureckas

Democracy Vs. Punditocracy: The handful of insiders who shape campaign news (October/November 1992) By Lawrence Soley

Women Candidates in '92 Election Coverage (September 1992) By Janine Jackson

Conventional Wisdom: How the Press Rewrites Democratic Party History Every Four Years (September 1992) By Jim Naureckas

Perot Ballot Drive Greeted by Puff Coverage (June 1992) By Julie Besonen

Sex, Polls and Campaign Strategy: How the Press Misses the Issues of the '92 Election (June 1992) By Janine Jackson

On the Campaign Trail: Public logic vs. press logic (April/May 1992) By Joshua Meyrowitz

A Short Walk on the Wilder Side (April/May 1992) By Steve Cobble

Fear & Loathing at the Democratic Convention (July/August 1988)

Jackson's "Free Ride": Rather and Reality Are Polls Apart (March/April 1988)

Radio Broadcasts
David Barsamian on Iran upheaval, Chandra Bhatnagar on UN racism report (6/26/09)

Ryan Chittum on Santelli's rant, Maria Elizabeth Grabe on network news bias (2/27/09)

Lori Minnite on ACORN & vote fraud, Bethany Albertson on the Bradley Effect (10/17/08)

Action Alerts and Advisories
Media Tell Obama--Don't Be a Lefty Like Clinton: Rewriting the '94 election to find a centrist moral (11/7/08)

Who's Counting?: The media should avoid early election polls (4/26/07)

Morning-After Pundits Take Winners to Task: Victorious Dems lectured by media establishment (11/9/06)

Less...
Ignoring Inaccuracy at the Washington Post: No reply to letter pointing out anti-Chavez column's distortions (5/2/06)

Media Role Missing from Campaign Finance Coverage (3/22/01)