How the News Media Covered Religion in the General Election
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, November 20, 2008
Religion played a much more significant role in the media coverage of President-elect Barack Obama than it did in the press treatment of Republican nominee John McCain during the 2008 presidential campaign. But much of the coverage was related to false yet persistent rumors that Obama is a Muslim.
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