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I've had to wait a few hours, before posting this, recognizing that I needed to calm down first. I'm not sure it worked, though, because I still feel like blowing a gasket on this.
First, a recap. The "Project on Excellence in Journalism"(sic) ( http://www.journalism.org ) have been studying media coverage for the Presidental primaries season, and producing weekly reports, starting a few weeks ago.
Here's a graph of their results, for the week Jan 6th - Jan 11th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9266 :
Here's a table of their results for the week Jan 14th - Jan 20th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9436 :
Here's a table of their results for the week Jan 21st - Jan 27th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9512 :
Now here's the latest report for the week Jan 28th to Feb 3rd ( http://www.journalism.org/node/9610 ) with the following pics:
And cop this, from the data table for the period Jan 28th - Feb 3rd:
Yes, that's right. Dr Paul has been bounced not just from the graph, but now also from the DATA TABLE!! I expect that this is because even his "Significant Presence" figure has dropped from 0.2% to be closer to ZERO than 0.1%. Even BILL RICHARDSON gets more coverage than Dr Paul!! And when did he drop out? Jan 10th. Three weeks ago.
From the report, we can safely say that John McCain and Mitt Romney both received HUNDREDS OF TIMES more coverage in the last week, than Dr Paul.
I rang up the author of the report, Mark Jurkowitz, last week. I discussed with him the fact that even HE had left Dr Paul off his graph, and asked him to include Dr Paul in the graph, along with everyone else. He refused at the time, saying that Dr Paul didn't get enough media attention to warrent his inclusion. I pointed out that the fact that Dr Paul WASN'T getting the media attention WAS the story, and such needed to be exposed by his organization.
I spoke to him again earlier today (prior to the current week's report being released). He again refused to include Dr Paul in the graph, stating that Dr Paul got basically no coverage, and therefore didn't deserve to be mentioned on his graph. Now, I see that he's bounced Dr Paul's name from the data table, as well! Two weeks running, he has been made aware that I have been on to him about Dr Paul's lack of coverage, and about the "Project on Excellence in Journalism"'s failure to highlight this blackout. With his latest decision, to exclude Dr Paul 100% from his report on media coverage, by excising him from the data table, it is evident now that either this man - or the organization for which he writes - has an agenda separate to their stated goals, and are in fact ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST Dr Paul.
Their headline for the report is: "McCain Wins the Coverage Battle as Media Move to Anoint Him". The irony that his own headline makes my point is apparently lost on him.
Let me just make this clear: The self-described "Project on Excellence in Journalism" tout themselves as being the monitors of the media. They are the ones meant to be exposing things like this blackout, yet here, they concede that it is the media doing the anointing, and yet they refuse not only to cover the fact that Dr Paul has been subject to a blackout, but we see here that they are now outwardly AIDING AND ABETTING the MSM in their blackout.
"Project on Excellence in Journalism"? More like"Ministry of Truth".
Feel free to let them know what you think of their wilful failure to expose the MSM blackout, and their wilful decision to AID AND ABET the blackout by wiping Dr Paul from their analysis and reports.
The authors name is Mark Jurkowitz, but I think you should go straight to the top, Tom Rosenstiel, to find out whether Jurkowitz is promoting his own agenda, or whether it is the "Project on Excellence(sic) in Journalism"s agenda that he is operating:
http://www.journalism.org/about_pej/staff
http://www.journalism.org/about_pej/contact_us
" you can reach us by phone at 202-419-3650 or by fax at 202-419-3699.
Or by email: [email protected].
Or through the mail:
Project for Excellence in Journalism
1615 L Street N.W. 700
Washington, DC 20036 "
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Update, Jan 7th 2008: After harranguing the Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, they have conceded to including Dr Paul on the table. We now OFFICIALLY have ZERO media coverage. This, during the week that 4th quarter 07 donations (including military donations) were announced:
Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9610
.
First, a recap. The "Project on Excellence in Journalism"(sic) ( http://www.journalism.org ) have been studying media coverage for the Presidental primaries season, and producing weekly reports, starting a few weeks ago.
Here's a graph of their results, for the week Jan 6th - Jan 11th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9266 :
Here's a table of their results for the week Jan 14th - Jan 20th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9436 :
Here's a table of their results for the week Jan 21st - Jan 27th. Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9512 :
Now here's the latest report for the week Jan 28th to Feb 3rd ( http://www.journalism.org/node/9610 ) with the following pics:
And cop this, from the data table for the period Jan 28th - Feb 3rd:
Yes, that's right. Dr Paul has been bounced not just from the graph, but now also from the DATA TABLE!! I expect that this is because even his "Significant Presence" figure has dropped from 0.2% to be closer to ZERO than 0.1%. Even BILL RICHARDSON gets more coverage than Dr Paul!! And when did he drop out? Jan 10th. Three weeks ago.
From the report, we can safely say that John McCain and Mitt Romney both received HUNDREDS OF TIMES more coverage in the last week, than Dr Paul.
I rang up the author of the report, Mark Jurkowitz, last week. I discussed with him the fact that even HE had left Dr Paul off his graph, and asked him to include Dr Paul in the graph, along with everyone else. He refused at the time, saying that Dr Paul didn't get enough media attention to warrent his inclusion. I pointed out that the fact that Dr Paul WASN'T getting the media attention WAS the story, and such needed to be exposed by his organization.
I spoke to him again earlier today (prior to the current week's report being released). He again refused to include Dr Paul in the graph, stating that Dr Paul got basically no coverage, and therefore didn't deserve to be mentioned on his graph. Now, I see that he's bounced Dr Paul's name from the data table, as well! Two weeks running, he has been made aware that I have been on to him about Dr Paul's lack of coverage, and about the "Project on Excellence in Journalism"'s failure to highlight this blackout. With his latest decision, to exclude Dr Paul 100% from his report on media coverage, by excising him from the data table, it is evident now that either this man - or the organization for which he writes - has an agenda separate to their stated goals, and are in fact ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST Dr Paul.
Their headline for the report is: "McCain Wins the Coverage Battle as Media Move to Anoint Him". The irony that his own headline makes my point is apparently lost on him.
Let me just make this clear: The self-described "Project on Excellence in Journalism" tout themselves as being the monitors of the media. They are the ones meant to be exposing things like this blackout, yet here, they concede that it is the media doing the anointing, and yet they refuse not only to cover the fact that Dr Paul has been subject to a blackout, but we see here that they are now outwardly AIDING AND ABETTING the MSM in their blackout.
"Project on Excellence in Journalism"? More like"Ministry of Truth".
Feel free to let them know what you think of their wilful failure to expose the MSM blackout, and their wilful decision to AID AND ABET the blackout by wiping Dr Paul from their analysis and reports.
The authors name is Mark Jurkowitz, but I think you should go straight to the top, Tom Rosenstiel, to find out whether Jurkowitz is promoting his own agenda, or whether it is the "Project on Excellence(sic) in Journalism"s agenda that he is operating:
http://www.journalism.org/about_pej/staff
http://www.journalism.org/about_pej/contact_us
" you can reach us by phone at 202-419-3650 or by fax at 202-419-3699.
Or by email: [email protected].
Or through the mail:
Project for Excellence in Journalism
1615 L Street N.W. 700
Washington, DC 20036 "
**********************
Update, Jan 7th 2008: After harranguing the Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, they have conceded to including Dr Paul on the table. We now OFFICIALLY have ZERO media coverage. This, during the week that 4th quarter 07 donations (including military donations) were announced:
Source: http://www.journalism.org/node/9610
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