Word: centeredness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While "voters...view politics primarily as a means of choosing leaders and solving their problems," reporters cover the campaign as if it were an extended game, stressing themes rather than facts, devoting their space to strategy analysis rather than extended quotation. Such coverage works to the detriment of the political...
Campaign coverage in the current presidential election shows all the signs of conforming to Patterson's dismal portrayal. The Times (one of the less egregious offenders among major outlets) has run a plethora of articles in recent days that take on the game-centered approach, essentially disregarding issues in favor...
Television coverage has been even more susceptible to the game-centered approach to the campaign. In recent weeks, the Sunday morning "news" shows, featuring the candidates and their spin doctors, have focused their discussions on strategy-based questions as well as the usual soundbite-generators. ("Exactly when will Senator Gramm...
Because Americans can't rely upon their press, they turn to C-SPAN, talk radio and MTV specials every four years. And even Larry King. If the mainstream media continue to relay information in ways that are less than useful to candidates and voters, then America should totally ignore the...
Dartmouth students characterize the student body as generally apathetic politically, with whatever student involvement exists centered around journalistic and political organizations.