The Nightly News Nightmare : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : 9781442200685 : 1442200685 : 16 Sep 2010 : "The whole media world is changing dramatically, but the problems stay the sameùtoo much horse race and bias, too little substance and policy. Our national news watchdogs, Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Litcher, use bark and bite to show its the truth."-Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia "Farnsworth and Lichter's update of their now-classic tome on media coverage ok campaigns is another tour de force. Their inclusion of the 2008 presidential campaign, a singularly significant campaign in terms of media role, particularly in the context of recent presidential campaigns, documents the dramatic shifts in media role over the past twenty years. They offer a gold mine of data for political scientists studying media electoral trends. They also provide a compelling argument for traditional media reform, particularly its traditional news organizations meet the challenge or the In