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May 27th, 2007Dublin, Ireland, Irish Media, Irishpolitics, Media, RTE, irishblogs
The opposition receive more coverage then the government in the run up to the Irish general election according to a RTÉ.ie / Dow Jones’ Factiva media tracker. The tracker data backs claims that Fianna Fáil made just days before the election.
"At our press conferences, people were coming in quite hostile against
my ministers" Taoiseach Bertie Ahern claimed, "No matter what Fianna Fáil said, they were coming like rocks at us".
Looking at the same trend for Irish media only, shows an insignificant spike on that day while Fine Gael was the clear winner…This shows how much coverage each individual leader has received since the start of the campaign. As you can see, Enda Kenny has dominated the coverage since Fianna Fáil’s manifesto launch with Pat Rabbitte even outpacing Bertie Ahern on most days….
Interestingly, the three main parties have a pretty even spread across the regions, although Fine Gael and Labour have a much bigger story count (1106) verses FF’s 641. - RTE Online
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