From: Committee of Concerned Journalists 1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 775 Washington, D.C. 20036 http://www.journalism.org/concern.html CCJ has released ePolitics: A Study of the 2000 Presidential Campaign on the Internet. This first-ever study of online political coverage examined and evaluated how twelve popular news sites covered the primary campaign. For the 6 Page Study go to: http://www.journalism.org/epolitics.html Political Internet Sites Studied By Deb Riechmann Associated Press Writer Monday, April 10, 2000; 10:35 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON –– More and more Americans are going online to get information about this year's presidential election, according to a study that details shortcomings about political sites but discounts concern that they contain mostly "rumor and innuendo." Some World Wide Web sites offer all the content of a good newspaper plus other political information, such as biographies of candidates and video of debates, said Tom Rosenstiel, vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, which released the study Sunday. Other sites are managed by people with little news judgment and are updated frequently but for no particular reason, he said. Some political Web sites do not offer links to related Internet sites featuring unfiltered information such as transcripts of politicians' speeches, for instance, as opposed to reporters' stories about them. And some are just hard to find. "Scroll, click, scroll, click, scroll, click. Whew," the study said, detailing the steps needed to reach them. Once accessed, political news was plentiful. Two-thirds of all the "front pages" of the Web sites examined had at least 16 stories related to the campaign, the study said. Yet substance was sparse. Only 2 percent of the lead stories dealt with the candidates' policy positions, their records or core beliefs. Still, the top political stories found on the Internet were well-sourced, according to the study, which monitored two national newspapers and 12 Internet sites on six days of the primary season between late February and Super Tuesday, March 7. "Contrary to the idea that the net is full of opinionated argument or unsubstantiated innuendo, campaign sourcing on the Internet was strong," the study said. "More than one in five of all lead stories had more than seven sources. And overall, more than half had at least five sources." Almost one-quarter of Americans say they now get some election information from the Internet, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reported in a survey released in February. And in a study last month, the Annenberg Public Policy Center reported that more Americans were surfing the Internet for political news at a time when the three major television network newscasts averaged just 36 seconds a night about presidential candidates. "I think that it's pretty clear that the potential of the Internet has not been fully tapped," said Rosenstiel, director of the committee's Project for Excellence in Journalism. "The sites that are mixing video, audio, newspaper and wire service stories and making it easy to find, they're the ones that are tapping the potential of the Web." Committee of Concerned Journalists: http://www.journalism.org/concern.html © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
