Media and Politics: In the News (2008)
Post Election:
- Media spent more on covering Obama
- Cable’s New VOD Politics Channel
- Banner Year for Political Spending
- 2008 Political Ads Worth $2.5 Billion to $2.7 Billion
- Obama’s Ad Dominance Reaffirmed
- The best and brightest political ads (National Journal)
- Internet the Second Most-Used Medium for Presidential Election
- On the Net: Web still lacks TV’s election drama
- Obama Victory Is Record News on the Web
- Obama Victory Speech Viewed More Than 7M Times on Web
- What Obamedia?
- Presidential ad picks and pans (Politico)
- The Day After, Election-Flavored Ads
- Election Night Media Habits Changed Forever
- 78.6 Mil Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage
Pre- Election:
- CO Obama far out-spending McCain on Denver-area TV ads
- MO Election-year ads are bonanza for TV stations
- GOP Hits Obama With Pastor Ads Days Ahead Of Election
- Ad Spending Surges as Campaign Enters Final Days
- Cheney stars in new Obama campaign ad
- Obama rips Sarah Palin in new campaign ad
- Political Season: Last Of This Year’s Big TV Ratings & Ad Spend
- Study: Obama Gains on McCain in Negative-Ad Race
- Obama ads in GOP turf
- Nader Makes First Ad Buy
- WI Obama Outspent McCain 3-to-1 in One Week of October
- Infomercial for Obama Is Big Success in Ratings
- ABC out of Obama half-hour campaign ad buy
- Obama infomercial: Smart politics or risky overkill?
- With Time Running Short, Campaigns Engage in a Noisy Air War
- Obama ad: Don’t get distracted by attacks
- OH: Presidential candidates battle for TV advertising slots
- Study: Media more negative about McCain than Obama
- Mailed Ads Have Become Mostly Negative, Experts Say
- New Obama ad looks ahead four years
- Winning The Media Campaign: How the Press Reported the 2008 General Election
- Obama’s ads have the bucks; McCain’s have the bark
- Political dollars shift to cable
- Ready, Aim, Backfire: Nasty Political Ads Fall Flat (Wall St Journal)
- Political ads add to the muddle, clutter on TV
- Obama TV Advertising: More, Longer Spots
- Spanish ads pit McCain, Obama against each other
- Obama’s Ad Effort Swamps McCain and Nears Record
- RNC pulls ads from Wisconsin, Maine to focus on red states
- Obama drowning out McCain in TV ads
- G.O.P. Opens Wallet for Ads
- McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable — And Ineffective
- 54% Pay Attention to Political Ads, 64% Rate Most Ads Negative
- Presidential ads provide windfall to local stations
- Obama Airs 25,000 Commercials in Past Four Days
- Why Negative Ads are Good for Voters (Newsweek)
- Obama Says ‘Yes We Can!’ to In-Game Advertising
- How To Win The White House Using Online Advertising
- Negative ads can cause a physical reaction
- Obama Camp Drops $2 Million on 30-Minute Prime-Time Slots
- Study: 2008 Race More Negative Than 2004
- Obama, Purse Swelling, Plans Half-Hour TV Ad
- WI Campaign ads focus more heavily on Wisconsin
- Study: Nearly all recent McCain ads were negative
- Obama Outspending McCain Nearly 3 to 1 on TV
- Independent groups are new power in political ads
- UAW launches ad campaign against McCain
- Pollster : McCain’s Attack Ads Aren’t Working on Voters
- McCain ad calls Obama ‘dishonorable’
- Independent groups aim at McCain, Obama in new ads
- MI Obama outspends McCain on ads in Michigan
- MI McCain pullout will slow spending on TV political ads
- False political advertising works, and that’s no lie
- McCain, Obama camps trade barbs on negative ads
- Bonfire of the verities Both presidential candidates skirt truth in campaign ads
- Obama counters upcoming negative ads
- VA Obama, McCain Saturating TV With Ads
- Negative Campaign Ads Have Surprising Impact on Voters’ Feelings About the Candidates
- MI McCain pulls advertising in Michigan
- Obama, McCain Spending Big On Local Attack Ads
- NRA Delivers New Ad in Spanish
- Wildlife group expands reach of anti-Palin wolf ad
- Are Political Commercials Muddying TV News Ad Space?
- McCain Winning Search-Ad Race
- Smear Wars: Welcome to Negative Ad Season (Time Magazine)
- McCain, Obama ads on network evening newscasts
- McCain, Obama wasting no time with attack ads
- Post-debate attack ads launched
- How Voice Actors Are Chosen for Political Ads
- FL Campaigns spend big bucks for wave of TV ads
- IN McCain TV ads to air next week
- 5 States Where McCain Is Spending More on Ads Than Obama
- Dubious Claims in Obama’s Ads Against McCain, Despite Vow of Truth
- Truth in Advertising? Not for Political Ads (Time Magazine)
- Facts, Fables & Fibs (Time Magazine)
- Harsh attack ads are narrowly focused in presidential campaign
- McCain ads low on truth; Obama’s not much better
- NRA Targets Obama-Biden in Ongoing Ad Buy
- Presidential candidates air attack ads
- Analysis: Political Ads Must Be Fact-Checked
- Obama, McCain Spend Record $94M In August
- McCain’s negative ads could backfire
- CO Colorado tops in presidential TV ad buys
- VA Spending for TV ads shows Va.’s importance
- Campaigns target each others economic advisors
- Ad Buys Point to Familiar Presidential Battleground
- What’s really airing
- 527 Releases ‘Swift Boat’ Style Ad of McCain
- Truth telling in the media and the fall elections (MPR)
- Obama Ad Mocks McCain as Out of Date
- Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate in ad
- McCain Ratchets Up National TV Ads
- Obama, McCain issue competing TV ads on education
- McCain Ads Are Hybrid Vehicles
- McCain’s New Ad: ‘Original Mavericks’
- McCain vs. Obama: The online race
- OH: Political ads permeate fall TV
- Sarah Palin VP Announcement Inspires Ads
- 5 Misleading Presidential Campaign Ads
- Obama Expands Lead on McCain in Online Advertising Battle in June
- Anti-McCain ad a ‘nightmare’
- GOP scales back TV ad plans in some states, not NH
- McCain ad: Palin more qualified than Obama
- Camps Get Back To Business With Dueling Ads
- Obama Unleashes Ad Mocking McCain’s Ties to Bush
- Report: Rove raising money for attack ads
- McCain’s ads on taxes are just plain false (Oped)
- Study: Based Solely on Olympics Ads, McCain Prevails
- Companies offer targeted political ads
- Obama’s new ads: McCain-Bush, not Palin
- McCain Scores Point in PR Wars
- Obama ad: Despite Palin, McCain isn’t change agent
- McCain to spend advertising money in Minnesota
- Cable Consortium Pushes Political On-Demand Ads
- Political Ads: Web Vs. TV
- Political Ads: TV’s Last Bonanza
- Obama campaign preparing series of attack ads
- McCain Ad Calls Obama Dangerously Unprepared
- Candidates Spending More on Cable Ads
- Conservative Group’s Ads Link Obama to 1960s Radical
- Obama counterattacks on ‘Swift Boat’-style ads
- How Are Political Ads Made Quickly?
- ‘3 AM’ McCain ad uses Clinton clips
- Obama asks Justice probe of ‘Issues’ ads
- McCain ad: Clinton’s ‘truth hurt’
- McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick
- Obama silences ads in some states during convention
- Every Four Years: Presidential Campaign Ads (Newseum DC Exhibit)
- Obama Stops Advertising in Red Battleground States
- When Images Speak Louder Than Words
- Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
- Candidates’ wives lend voices to anti-poverty ad
- Presidential campaign ads: Watch, rate
- Obama ad focuses on tax cuts
- McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11
- Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack
- Television Starts to Court the Young Voter
- All’s Fair in Love and Political Ads
- They’re back: Harry and Louise on health insurance
- Subtle Internet Ads Send Targeted Political Messages (NPR)
- Obama targets Olympic audience with economic TV ad
- Obama, McCain Air Olympics Ads (WSJ)
- Jackson Browne sues McCain over ad
- Are You Ready For More McCain Attack Ads? (Natl Journal)
- NC Obama campaign spends over $2M on NC TV ads
- Entravision, Univision Political Ads May Soar in US Election
- IN New Obama ad features Hoosiers criticizing the economy
- Who’s winning the message war, Obama or McCain?
- Candidates’ Olympics ads take different approaches
- FL Obama Runs 9,785 TV Ads In Fla., Zero For McCain
- Study: Candidate Web Sites Are as Effective as TV and Cable Ads
- Campaigns unveil dueling celebrity ads
- Barack Obama responds with his own McCain ‘celebrity’ ad
- Political Spots Now a Bargain
- Getting in their digital digs
- On positive side, negative ads work
- Obama Ad Attacks McCain on Yucca Mountain
- GOP Launches Three New Ads
- New McCain Ad Hits Obama on Celebrity Again
- Is there sinister subtext in McCain ads? (Politico)
- Poll: Obama’s ads positive, McCain’s not
- Obama’ plan to put ads on gas pumps hits roadblock
- Winning the Message War: 2 Parts (Campaigns & Elections)
- McCain ad asks if Obama is ready to help families
- McCain’s $6M Olympic ad buy tops Obama’s
- New McCain ad pushes independence, distance from Bush
- Study: McCain Finally Getting Media Coverage Equal To Obama
- McCain ads may hurt Obama, but they’ve already hurt McCain
- Obama assails McCain as tool of Big Oil in ad
- Obama ad calls for return of windfall profits tax
- Campaign ad blitz already at $50 million
- Obama extends reach with TV ads
- No. 1 spots for campaign ads? Phila. and Pa. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Election Year Rains Millions on Media Outlets
- Presidential Candidates Battle It Out With Ads
- Presidential Campaign Ads Take On Aggressive Tone
- MoveOn responds to McCain ads
- Battleground states see more political ads
- Our view on campaign fairness: McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come?/ Opposing view: Ad confronts the inevitable
- Campaign ads attack GOP candidates for oil industry ties
- Obama, McCain Now Battling On MTV, Comedy Central
- Comedy Central Accepts Political Ad
- Are the media biased against Obama?
- Political Ads May Not Tell Whole Story (NPR)
- New McCain Ads Attack Obama’s Canceled Troop Visit
- McCain has Berlin moment too — in little Berlins
- Election-Year Ads Seek Spotlight for Education Issues
- Obama to run ads during Olympics
- McCain, Obama launch new radio ads
- RNC airs anti-Obama ads
- McCain, Obama spend $7.2M on Michigan TV ads
- McCain TV ad accuses Obama of shifting Iraq views
- Third party groups unleash barrage of new ads
- Two ads, two views of Iraq war
- McCain returns to NM, ads focus on Hispanics
- RNC and DNC exchange web attack ads on Iraq
- Black Media Hopeful on Election Ad Spending
- Ad campaign presses candidates on education
- Hispanics in military focus of ad
- Obama Ad Takes On McCain’s Energy Plans
- Cashing In On Obama; McCain/ Where the presidential candidates spend their money (NYT)
- New RNC Ads Go After Obama on Energy
- Through Ads, Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters (NPR)
- RNC Launching $3 Million Ad Buy in Four States
- U.S. presidential race: TV ads galore (Canada)
- Obama, McCain Launch Competing Campaign Ads
- NRA to target Obama in ad blitz
- McCain campaign pulls ads from some anti-Obama Web sites
- MTV is keen on airing new video: political ads
- Obama airs second campaign ad in Indiana
- Unions’ election drive means TV, money and troops
- McCain Ad Touts Energy Policy
- New Ad Hits Obama on Abortion
- Breaking Tradition, MTV to Accept Political Advertising
- GOP senator makes ad touting work with Obama
- Obama Camp Vows To Fight Race-Based Ads
- Negative TV ads are nothing new in political campaigns
- NYT: Obama plans push on ads, turnout
- Obama Mulling NBC Olympics Ads
- States targeted for Barack Obama ad include some shockers
- Obama Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign
- Young Child Used in Anti-McCain Ad
- AFSCME, MoveOn ad targets McCain on Iraq war
- McCain, liberal groups roll out new TV ads
- Tony Schwartz Obit: helped create famous Daisy Ad
- Appeals court tells FEC to enforce law on ads
- Primaries Boost Cable News Ad Revenue
- The internet and the 2008 election (Pew Study)
- Election Ad Uptick
- John Cusack takes on John McCain in MoveOn.org ad
- Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton Coverage
- McCain doesn’t talk about Vietnam, but ads do
- McCain releases Florida ad in Spanish
- McCain airing ‘hates war’ TV ads
- McCain Launches Spanish Radio Ads in NM and Arizona
- Obama putting more ad shops on his team
- Democrats Enjoy More Positive Media Coverage than McCain
- Survey: Most say campaign ads only bore and annoy
- Ad edge in 11-day span boosted Obama, study says
- NEARLY $200 MILLION SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TV ADS TO DATE(pdf)
- Democrats, especially Obama, won campaign ad war
- McCain Quietly Spending on TV in Swing States
- For Now, McCain Has The TV-Ad Scene to Himself
- How Barack Obama Is Using the Web to Further Engage Voters
- MoveOn.org Launches Anti-McCain Ad Campaign
- MI McCain to Begin TV Ads in Michigan
- Going negative in political advertising
- 527 groups get the cold shoulder
- New Clinton Ads for Oregon, Kentucky
- Obama warns Republicans about critical ads
- Obama stresses his faith in ads
- MoveOn ad features pro-Obama Republican
- Are Political Ad Dollars Going Online?
- Politcal ads changing
- The Wealth Behind the Stealth: Advocacy TV Ads Flood the Electoral Landscape
- Misleading gas ads from Clinton, Obama
- Campaign Ad War
- Republicans use Obama as the bad guy in negative ads
- IN A profitable primary over in TV land
- Political Spending Not Benefitting TV Stations Yet
- MoveOn to Air Anti-McCain Ads
- Obama campaign blasts negative ads
- IN Presidential campaign prompts unprecedented political ads
- Ad Showcases Women in Obama’s Family
- Pro-Clinton group airing ad in Indiana
- DNC Releases First Anti-McCain Ad
- Obama strategy: More ads, fewer debates
- SD Obama leads off campaign ads with family health-care issue
- NC GOP leadership divided over Obama ad
- McCain asks NC GOP not to run ad
- NC Presidential candidates use ads to win support
- Democrats Look Ahead With Ind., N.C. Ads
- Hillary, Obama hit each other in attack ads
- Political TV Ads Uneven, Back-Loaded
- Three negative spots debut in one day
- New Media As the Message (National Journal)
- TV ads turn negative as primary nears
- PA Clinton Airs 5 New Ads in Pa.
- PA Obama’s unprecedented ad buy
- ‘Soft money’ battle brewing
- NC Clinton goes on TV in Tar Heel state
- McCain and Clinton Ads Spar Over Mortgage Crisis
- Clinton TV Ad: McCain Not Ready to Handle 3 a.m. Economic Crisis
- IL Media Curves: Viewers React To Clinton, Obama Ads
- PA Clinton Lagging in TV Ad Spending
- NC Obama campaign starts TV ads today
- Obama plays on hoops fever in state TV ad buys
- McCain launches general election ad
- PA Clinton ads up in Pa
- PA Obama Begins Airing Campaign Ads In Pittsburgh
- Dem-leaning group airs anti-McCain ad
- MoveOn.org ads back Obama
- Movie stars help with Obama ad
- OH Primary TV ads: 3,383 here
- The Ohio Ad Wars
- Girl in TV phone ad for Clinton is a big supporter of Obama
- Newsweek: Spying attack ads on the way
- Ads’ influence falls away in a ‘message election’
- Clinton’s ‘Daisy’ Ad?
- Iraq back in political ads
- RI Flush with cash, Obama outbooks Clinton in TV Ads
- WI Study: Obama spent 5 times more than Clinton on primary ads
- TX Texas political ad blitz kicks off
- Clinton Friends to Mount Ohio Ad Campaign
- Obama Still Has Big Advertising Edge
- Clinton hopes negative ads will save her campaign
- OH Clinton leads in polls, but Obama spends more for TV ads
- HI Obama campaign to start radio ad campaign
- WI Obama winning ad wars in region
- Clinton Seeks to Regroup in Ad Wars
- Young voters influenced by negative ads
- Obama to start ads in Ohio, Texas
- Web-only campaign advertisements flood presidential race
- VA Local advertising minimal ahead of primary
- Obama, Clinton trade ad buys in critical states
- WI Political ad blitz at hand
- VA McCain launches TV ads in Virginia
- DC/MD/VA Political TV Ads Running Early in the District
- MI Even Michigan gets taste of big ad blitz
- Candidates spend super sums on television ads
- Ad analysis: Super Tuesday
- Obama Runs Ad During Super Bowl
- Screening the Chances: Candidates’ spending on TV ads shows the ins and outs of the medium (link to study press release)
- CA TV ad blitz launched ahead of Super Tuesday
- GA Obama goes unchallenged on airways
- Campaign ads not so negative after all
- Romney Outspends All Opponents Combined in Ad Buys
- Romney: Major Ad Buys in California, Other Super Tuesday States
- MA Obama campaign will aim an ad at Super Bowl viewers in Boston
- Obama outlines aggressive Super Tuesday ad campaign
- Obama Campaign Ads Are Coming to a TV Near You
- NJ Democratic front-runners bring the ad war to Jersey
- AK Ron Paul ad airing on Arkansas TV stations
- Obama’s New Ads in the Big States
- NY Obama Campaign Launches TV Ads
- McCain Ads Attack Romney
- Primary Tally So Far: 160000 TV Spots and $141M in Spending
- FL Giuliani Blitzes Florida with Ad Buys
- Obama ads feature prominent politicians
- Political Ad Spending- Less than expected
- Edwards’ Feb. 5 Ad Buy
- Democrats Test Messages in Early Nationwide Ads
- U.Va. team: Negative political ads can be good
- OK Clinton To Begin Running Ads
- UT Obama to begin airing TV ads in advance of primary
- CT Clinton, Obama Run Ads On State TV
- GA Obama Ads Start Running
- MN Obama to begin running TV ads ; Obama’s campaign to begin TV, radio
- AL Barack Obama ads start airing
- Clinton, Obama run ads in Feb. 5 states
- Giuliani, McCain launch new web ads
- TN Clinton begins running TV ads in TN
- MO Clinton Begins Running Ads In Missouri
- Political Candidates Favor Old Media over New
- US NEWS Great Political Ads Pack a Powerful Punch
- Clinton cries foul on Obama cable ads
- MO Obama to launch TV ads
- Usually left behind, radio now wants slice of political ads
- LISTEN ‘Hitman’ Shares Secrets of Negative Campaigning
- Romney Outspends Rest of GOP Candidates in S.C.
- Romney leads in S.C. TV ads
- SC South Carolina Ad Wars
- Radio fine-tunes for more political ads
- Romney Ads Back Up
- CA Democratic candidates attune to the power of niche TV advertising
- NV TV ad blitz starts in Nevada
- Edwards’s Run-of-the-Mill Ad
- SC Edwards Releases New Ads in South Carolina
- SC McCain seeks military vote in SC ad
- Political candidates spend early, often on TV ads
- Marketing Presidential Candidates on the Web Goes Mainstream
- Romney Pulls Ads from SC, FL
- Iowa Upends Political-Ad Wisdom
- Over $45 Million Spent on Broadcast in Iowa: What Happens Next?