BU Now » Ted Kennedy http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 BU and PEJ release report on election coverage http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/20/bu-releases-report-with-pej-on-senate-election-coverage/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/20/bu-releases-report-with-pej-on-senate-election-coverage/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:28:43 +0000 Kira Jastive http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5233 1_Lead_chartA new study produced by Boston University and the Project for Excellence in Journalism that outlines media coverage of the Massachusetts special senate election has revealed some interesting points about the recent race.   According to the report, national media initially lost interest in a “fairly dull and utterly local contest.”  But, “when it became clear something was up, it was polling—not journalistic reporting—that caught the wave in the race to succeed Kennedy.”

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