go here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n The Lexis-Nexis database search was conducted for each of the three leading candidates, from both the Republican and Democratic fields; and also for Fred Thompson and Mayor Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n
The newspapers included in this search were: <\/p>\n\n
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We also searched news transcripts from the three major network television stations. The transcripts for the network television stations include a number of programs that are not included in PEJ\u2019s weekly sample.\u00a0 Also, Lexis has transcripts for the entire programs so some segments that do not appear in the weekly index coding would be included in this Lexis search. <\/p>\n\n
The television programs included in the search were: <\/p>\n\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CBS <\/p>\n\n
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For both newspapers and the television transcripts, searches were conducted using the last names of the candidates that appeared in either the headline or lead paragraphs of the story. The reason for searching for the names in the headline or lead paragraphs was to determine the number of stories that focused on the candidates. Another option would have been to search for mentions anywhere in the article or transcript which would have yielded more results, but would have also included many stories where the candidates were not central to the story. <\/p>\n\n
The exceptions for using the candidate\u2019s last name were Hillary Clinton; John Edwards Fred Thompson, and Mayor Bloomberg. Because of former President Bill Clinton, a search of the name \u201cClinton\u201d would yield many articles about him and not the current Senator from New York.\u00a0 In addition, many articles refer to the candidate as \u201cHillary Clinton\u201d while others refer to her as \u201cHillary Rodham Clinton\u201d. Therefore, we searched for both options in order to get the proper total number of stories. In locating stories on \u201cJohn Edwards\u201d and \u201cFred Thompson\u201d, full names of the candidates were used due in part that Edwards and Thompson are both widely used last names in the US. For Mayor Bloomberg, \u201cMayor Bloomberg\u201d was used as a search term to avoid including stories on Bloomberg industries or individuals with the same last name. Many articles refer to Michael Bloomberg as \u201cMayor Bloomberg.” <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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