CMPA: Center for Media and Public Affairs

A Gulf Between Obama And Katrina
Forbes, August 10, 2010

Late-night comedy savaged the Brits, not Obama, for the disaster.
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On the media: Cable and network news contribute to spew criticism about gulf oil spill
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2010

"Modern history's supposed Most Favored President now has flak coming from all sides."
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Stop The Fearmongering Over Cancer
A Commentary by Dr. S. Robert Lichter, Forbes.com, June 1, 2010

Despite recent hysteria, cancer mortality rates have fallen throughout the past decade.
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News is Good for Kagan Nomination
June 28, 2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has received three times as much positive as negative coverage in major media outlets, including Fox News, according to a new study by researchers at George Mason and Chapman Universities. The study also found that her press has been more positive than the media portrayals of current Supreme Court justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito, following their nominations to the Court by George W. Bush.

	The Nightly News Nightmare: Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections
					Acclaimed media scholars Farnsworth and Lichter draw on the lessons of the last five presidential elections to show how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined.

	OURBLOOK Today's Voices, Tomorrow's Solution
					OurBlook is a collaborative resource which engages journalists, academics, and business and non-profit leaders in ongoing discussions regarding issues and ideas that define our future.

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