20 years ago today, Yale University hosted one of its US Presidential Election Debates. Looking at the media tenor analyses, Ed Luttwak asked the oppressive question: “Will Democracy Survive the Media?” Together with the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center, we have been presenting data like that in this report ever since. They make it hard for journalists to wash their hands of the question, “Why are Dems and Reps so bad at working together?” like Pontius Pilate in his days.
2024-08-30
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What has gone wrong in a country that its people consider partisan discord the No. 2 major concern? Normally, issues of inflation, crime, health, education and infrastructure dominate the top 5. Every nation knows the fundamental importance of everyone being able to more or less gather around a virtual “national bondfire”. Why shouldn't Americans have the same desire?
For decades, the analysts at Media Tenor have been evaluating the most important news programs of selected US broadcasters on a daily basis: Which topics are at the forefront of coverage, which politicians, companies, researchers are visible with approaches to solutions? Using the example of the news content of CBS on the one hand and FOX on the other, we have been showing since 2013 how far removed the broadcasters are from the fears of their audience when setting their agenda: It's not just 2024 that inflation tops the list when PEW pollsters ask people about their biggest concerns.
2024-08-27
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Zurich/New York, 12/8/2023. By gaining the support of multi-billionaire Charles Koch, Nikki Haley, former member of the Trump administration and United States Ambassador to the United Nations, has significantly improved her chances of competing with her former boss Donald Trump in the primaries for the US presidency, in the eyes of the international media. But FOX News' ongoing analysis (Special Report with Bret Baier) for the period January to November 2023 shows that Haley has a huge visibility gap to overcome in order to become a familiar face to the Republican Party's base voters.
2023-12-11
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Zurich, March 7, 2023. Although quotas have been established officially or unofficially in the studios of many TV stations, this largely only applies to news presenters. When it comes to content, the balance is still disappointing:
2023-03-07
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(New York. November 22, 2022.) Even on Fox News, which was strongly supportive of Donald Trump and his policies as a candidate and then as president, the former leader’s image has eroded, according to new research from Media Tenor International.
2022-11-23
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