Reports & Research for Minnesota in Media Reform

April 22 2010 at 02:59 PM

3 MDN states top government spending transparency report

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Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio are among seven states leading the country in online access to government spending data.A new U.S. PRIG report, “

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November 21 2006 at 07:20 PM

Midwest Local TV Newscasts Devote 2.5 Times as Much Air Time to Political Ads as Election Coverage

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CHICAGO – In the month leading up to the recent 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from actual news coverage, a new study shows. Local newscasts…

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October 12 2006 at 05:40 PM

Midwest Local TV Newscasts Average 36 Seconds of Election Coverage in Typical 30-Minute Broadcast

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MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the month following the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the 2006 election campaign season, television stations in nine Midwest markets devoted an average of 36 seconds to election coverage during the typical 30-minute local news broadcast,…

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