Politico

Georgia on their minds

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

For the first week in nine months, the presidential election wasn’t the top media story of the week. That distinction goes instead to the conflict in Georgia, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism. With increased media interest came questions about how the candidates would react to this "3 a.m. crisis" in the Caucasus.

And while Obama continued to receive more coverage this past week, the difference wasn’t as great as in previous weeks, 63 to 50 percent.