Press pro-Kerry

Study finds press pro-Kerry - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - November 01, 2004:
"Sen. John Kerry has gotten the white-glove treatment from the press, garnering more praise from journalists than any other presidential candidate in the last quarter-century, according to a new analysis of almost 500 news stories released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.
"'It's not just that John Kerry has gotten better press than President Bush before this election, he's gotten better press than anyone else since 1980. That's significant,' said Bob Lichter, director of the D.C.-based nonpartisan research group."

The score over seven elections is a Republican got better news coverage just once (Bush 41 vs. Dukakis), two races were about evenly bad for both parties, and the Democrats got more favorable coverage four times. Is anyone surprised?