Sunday, June 19, 2005

Mainstream media cover-up: In five weeks following its disclosure, Downing Street memo drew little attention

Mainstream media cover-up: In five weeks following its disclosure, Downing Street memo drew little attention


Network and cable news prime-time coverage of Downing Street memo

ABC

CBS

NBC

CNN

MSNBC

Fox News

5/1-5/7

5/8-5/14

Hannity & Colmes (passing mention, 5/11)

5/15-5/21

Wolf Blitzer Reports (full report, 5/16)

Countdown with Keith Olbermann (full report, 5/16)

Hannity & Colmes (passing mention, 5/16)

5/22-5/28

Hardball with Chris Matthews (passing mention, 5/25)

The O'Reilly Factor (passing mention, 5/23)

5/29-6/6

Special Report with Brit Hume (panel discussion, 6/6)

June 7: Bush-Blair Press Conference

6/7-6/11

CBS Evening News (partial report, 6/7)

Nightly News (full report, 6/7)

Lou Dobbs Tonight (partial report, 6/7); NewsNight with Aaron Brown (full report, 6/7); NewsNight (full report, 6/8)

Countdown (passing mention, 6/6); Countdown (full report, 6/7); Hardball (partial discussion, 6/7); Hardball (passing mention, 6/9)

Special Report (partial report, 6/7); The Big Story with John Gibson (partial report, 6/7)

6/12-6/14

Nightly News (partial report, 6/14)

Countdown (partial report, 6/14); Hardball (passing mention, 6/14)

The search results are based on two Nexis database searches in "Transcripts" from May 1 through June 14:

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