Recently, The New York Times did an analysis of the “face time” the various candidates received through midsummer on all networks and cable outlets. The distinguished historian Dan Carter dug a little deeper into the Times’ data, comparing the amount of interview time all candidates received on just CNN and Fox. Carter’s finding: On CNN, it was precisely six hours and two minutes for the Democrats and exactly the same for Republicans. On Fox, the news reporters and hosts interviewed Republicans for 12 hours and six minutes and Democrats for 1 hour and 36 minutes. Fair and balanced, indeed.
Posted on Gil's blog titled Fox math: When 12 equals 1
Ok, now here is the truth. (It took me awhile to come by this informaton)
As you can see from the graph, CNN and MSNBC both give the Democratic candidates the most face time (with the exception of Jigga-Who? Duncan Hunter) and Fox News does give the most face time to the Republican candidates. I find that very fair and balanced, since it's two on one.
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