Among well-documented factors that shape political news coverage are reliance on official sources, indexing of coverage to the range of opinion among officials, and privileging of "episodes" over "themes." The Downing Street Memo controversy of 2005 embodies a clash among those media agenda-setting factors and the intense desire of Internet activists to bring coverage to an issue that most political and media elites initially ignored. This case study analyzes the brief burst of mainstream coverage of the controversy. While straight news and television coverage was pegged mostly to official words and action, activists apparently had an easier time penetrating the op-ed pages of major newspapers.
County Executive John R. Leopold yesterday unveiled a $1.19 billion budget with a tax hike for homeowners and pay cuts for county workers. The plan would spend $17.9 million more than this year, funded in part with $20 million raised by a 3-cent increase in the property tax rate. The average tax bill would go up by $78, county officials said.
Criticism of Superintendent Charles Lackey's leadership and financial management of the school system is the wedge issue upon which challengers hope to win control of the Franklin County School Board. The school system's controversial purchase of 351 iPad tablet computers in the spring and ensuing questions from the county's board of supervisors have been the latest spark for the challengers. Incumbents, meanwhile, say the school system's high test scores and awards are proof of good leadership.
FORT LEE, N.J., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Inflation Association - http://inflation.us - today released the following statement regarding the Sarah Palin food inflation controversy: Sarah Palin on Monday made a speech at a trade-association convention in Phoenix urging Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to "cease and desist" his "pump priming." Palin said the United States, "shouldn't be playing around with inflation." She went on to say, "All this pump priming will come at a serious price. And I mean that literally: everyone who ever goes out shopping for groceries knows that prices have risen significantly over the past year or so. Pump priming would push them even higher.
Steelers, Packers have something else to settle DALLAS -- Now that the voters have chosen Troy Polamalu over Clay Matthews for The Associated Press 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, the two stars can prove their worth against each other on the field. In the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh safety Polamalu received 17 votes Monday from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who cover the league, edging Green Bay linebacker Matthews by a hair -- two votes. Despite missing two games, in which Pittsburgh went 1-1, Polamalu became the sixth Steeler to win the award. He had seven interceptions this season along with 63 tackles, but made his mark with big plays. IRVING, Texas - Now that the Packers have arrived in North Texas for the Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers has put his team's Twitter-dri...
The revelations have shocked journalists who say the case of the South Florida reporters is part of a disturbing wave of media payoffs that raises serious concerns about the media's credibility, especially in the international community. An internal investigation by the Pentagon released in March found that government contracts with the Lincoln Group and other consulting firms did not violate military policy. Another aspect of the payoffs that troubles some experts is that it shows a disregard for foreign journalists who endure low wages and often dangerous working conditions.
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