Thursday, August 21, 2008

And the Jokes Are On...McCain

This article discusses a study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs which found that the TV comedians are giving Barack Obama the kid glove treatment.

The study covered all jokes between Jan. 1 and July 31 in late-night monologues by Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Stewart and Colbert.

Apparently, Jimmy Kimmel was not deemed funny enough to be included, which should give his writers some ammo for tonight's show.

The center found that the network shows broadcast only 169 jokes about Obama, compared with 428 about Bush. McCain drew 328 jokes. Hillary Clinton, who dropped out of the presidential race and much political news in early June, still drew more than twice as many attempted yuk lines (382) as Obama.

The CMPA also has a study now showing Obama is now getting more negative coverage than previously.
Obama’s bad press has come at a time when he was much more visible than McCain. Since June 8, he has been the subject of 120 stories on the three network evening news shows, 50% more than John McCain’s 80 stories.

Well, we still have to vet the Obamessiah, don't we? Poor, poor Obama! I guess Jesse Taylor needs to pick up the slack here.