Just under two hours ago, this e-mail went out to everyone on the Kucinich Campaign's mailing list, and just as I typed the header for this post, CNN made their
first mention of Kucinich's strong third place finish in Maine! Since DK also finished third in Washington state, they're a little slow but are perhaps now getting the message.
Kudos to DK's new Press Secretary!
Mods: This is qualified for LBN as a news release containing information about a Media Tenor study of media's coverage of Democratic campaigns.
Thank you.From">"Will Pitt, Kucinich Press Secretary" <talkback@kucinich.us>
Subject Fair Coverage for Kucinich
Tell CNN You Want Fair Coverage For Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich has finished both the Washington and Maine caucuses
ahead of candidates John Edwards, Wesley Clark and Al Sharpton. This
represents the strongest back-to-back showing of his campaign to date.
One would think that such a clear surge would require coverage from
the national media. One would be wrong.
On the evening of February 8th, as Dennis Kucinich was running strong
in Maine, and a day after defeating Edwards, Clark and Sharpton in
Washington, CNN put out a report on the Maine caucuses. In this report,
CNN stated that, "Dean, struggling to revive his once-promising campaign,
was the only candidate who campaigned in the state Sunday, making stops
in six cities."; The facts fully dispute CNN's version of events.
Dennis Kucinich spoke at the Bangor Civic Center caucus site which was
filled with television cameras, as well as caucus sites in Lewiston,
Auburn, Portland and Westbrook. Clearly, Howard Dean was not the only
candidate in Maine on February 8th.
The behavior of CNN is not unique.
The international media watchdog
group Media Tenor, after performing an exhaustive review, determined
that the nightly half-hour national news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and
NBC devoted exactly 0.94% of their coverage to the Kucinich campaign.Dennis Kucinich has begun a strong surge in the race for the Democratic
nomination. He is in this race to the end. The time has come for the national
media to get wise to this, and at a minimum, to begin reporting basic facts
with accuracy and integrity.
Encourage CNN to give Dennis fair coverage. Write CNN at
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ or call 404-827-0234.
Write CNN at
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ .
The most effective letters are original, brief, polite, and stick to the
facts.
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