Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Internet, Blindsides Big Media
Those who cite the Internet as a main source of campaign news rose to 21% from 11% in 2000 and 3% in 1996. Those who say they got any campaign news online rose to 41% from 30% in 2000.
Fox News and the Internet emerged as new leading sources for election news, finds a Pew Research Center post-election study of 1,209 voters. Overall, 21% say they got most of their election news from Fox, compared with 15% for CNN and 13% from NBC.
NewsMax: We could have told you almost two weeks ago that President Bush's triumphant re-election proved the power of Internet news and the fading of Old Media's East Coast elitists. Now even USA Today agrees.
"Media soul-searching after Bush's victory," the East Coast paper reported today.
"Media sobbing and kicking after Bush's victory" would be more accurate; many of these elitists don't even believe in souls.
"Newspeople began questioning whether they're out of touch with the heartland, a point many columnists concluded was obvious."
USA Today also reported:
Voters are increasingly troubled by what they see as unfair treatment of the candidates. This year, 40% of voters thought Bush was treated unfairly, up from 30% in 2000; 31% said Kerry was treated unfairly, up from 24% who faulted Al Gore's coverage in 2000.
Those who cite the Internet as a main source of campaign news rose to 21% from 11% in 2000 and 3% in 1996. Those who say they got any campaign news online rose to 41% from 30% in 2000.
Fox News and the Internet emerged as new leading sources for election news, finds a Pew Research Center post-election study of 1,209 voters. Overall, 21% say they got most of their election news from Fox, compared with 15% for CNN and 13% from NBC.
NewsMax: We could have told you almost two weeks ago that President Bush's triumphant re-election proved the power of Internet news and the fading of Old Media's East Coast elitists. Now even USA Today agrees.
"Media soul-searching after Bush's victory," the East Coast paper reported today.
"Media sobbing and kicking after Bush's victory" would be more accurate; many of these elitists don't even believe in souls.
"Newspeople began questioning whether they're out of touch with the heartland, a point many columnists concluded was obvious."
USA Today also reported:
Voters are increasingly troubled by what they see as unfair treatment of the candidates. This year, 40% of voters thought Bush was treated unfairly, up from 30% in 2000; 31% said Kerry was treated unfairly, up from 24% who faulted Al Gore's coverage in 2000.
