Activists of Nashi youth movement rally near the U.S. embassy in Moscow to protest against the statement of the U.S. Department of State, claiming the latter will control the elections in Russia, April 12, 2007.
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Russia’s Media Won the U.S. Elections
When covering presidential election in the United States, the U.S. media favored Barack Obama as the future president, while the coverage by Russia’s media was neutral, signaled the monitoring of Russia’s Center for Election Technology Training that operates under the auspices of the RF Central Election Commission.
The first stage of the monitoring by Russia’s election experts lasted from September 1 to October 13 and revealed the advantage of Democratic presidential candidate Sen Barack Obama over his Republican rival Sen John McCain. The last-ditch monitoring of October 13 to November 4 proved that the trend continued through the remaining period.
The experts of Russia’s Center for Election Technology concluded that the U.S. TV released much more negative stories about John McCain, evidently favoring Barack Obama. The analysts arrived at that assumption based on the data of Tyndall Report, the independent aggregate of the TV news, mostly the evening 30-minute spots of ABC, NBC and CBS.
At the same time, the experts had no quantitative claims to the coverage. The difference was a few minutes, less than 1 percent of the news air from October 1 to November 4, Obama had 9.5 minutes (8 percent) more October 1 to October 13, while McCain prevailed by 5.4 minutes (2 percent) from October 13 to November 4.
As to Russia’s media, the experts went on, the coverage was mostly neutral with the rare critical statements mostly relating not to the candidates but rather to the aftereffects of their election.
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All the Article in Russian as of Nov. 24, 2008
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