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Daily Archives: November 21, 2016

32 Minutes: Did broadcast news do its duty in the 2016 US Presidential Election?

If you felt that media coverage of the recent US Presidential Election appeared to lack focus on policy issues, you may well be correct.

November 21, 2016 in Election, media, opinion polls, policy making, Political culture, Politics.

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