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Ellen Ratner on whether media saw President Obama positively while Governor Romney negatively
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Elena -- foxnews.com.
A lot of on the highest it is time now provide smash gonna bring Ellen -- back in because -- -- -- -- bounced.
The coverage of the final days leading up to the campaign and according -- pew study.
-- Barack Obama was -- had largely positive news and rather than Mitt Romney had.
Negative news what's your take right in the in the last week of the election.
The media out -- The media in favor of Obama outweighed the negative ones by ten percentage points.
And on the other hand and then this is what they're saying.
Is that Mitt Romney outweighed his his -- -- stories out great positive stories by 17%.
So there was a -- negative comparison of sixteen points.
Now they analyze 660 media outlets.
Aunt and 6660.
Stories from 59 media outlets but what's fascinating about this.
Is that they're saying well.
Then maybe the media was reflecting in their reporting -- some polling we know what it's not the media's job to reflect polling.
Polling is polling.
And and immediate should be reflecting what candidates are saying and not home.
Let you know on the chip away at coda and then eleven they should not but did they certainly are influenced -- -- their people right.
And there they are people but -- now.
That's what journalism schools are supposed to do they're supposed to train people to look at their internal bias same -- psychotherapists or train.
So that when -- delivering news they don't have that internal bias and they should recognize that buys that's what's so important and journalism training.
What I'm let me discovered a one or two other quick things and one is about that there's been a lot of Susan Rice kind of comments about how the president came out swinging and really threw them down on the Susan Rice things.
But no one that -- seen has really looked at a lot of her policy decisions.
And what have been her policy decisions they're talking more about the president answered cheerleader.
Well that's not so important when somebody comes as a nominee her policies are important we've seen very few stories on that.
And last but not least.
The a country of Israel has actually been giving.
Eight to people on Long Island and throughout New York.
And that has very much been under reporting -- has not -- report what.
I don't know it's the only foreign country that has given way.
Bryant is really pretty astounding to progress check out all right thank you very much -- -- on -- behind you bash today.
