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Leveling the Playing Field:
An Examination of Compensatory Journalism in the 2008 Republican Primary
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If the government ever gets around to putting a warning on TV campaign commercials the way they do on cigarettes, maybe it out to read something like this: If in the heat of a presidential campaign you’re tempted to buy something one guy says about the other guy in his TV ads, caveat emptor – buyer beware.
-ABC’s Richard Threlkeld on the October 19, 1988 World News Tonight
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The Forbes campaign spurns the vision of Iowa as the last bastion of grassroots, flesh-pressing politics. Instead, [he] treats Iowa as just another piece of political property that’s up for sale.
-CBS’s Eric Engberg on the February 2, 1996 Evening News
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Negative Coverage
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Positive Coverage
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Coverage of TV Ads
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Coverage of TV Ads
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Coverage of Romney’s Self-financing
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Coverage of Romney’s Campaign Spending
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Horse Race Coverage
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Survey Says…
Compensatory Journalism was
present in the 2008 RepublicanPrimary
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