How does the U.S. daily press stand on the 1960 presidential election?
A survey published last week by Editor & Publisher showed that the so-called "one party press" is less predictably so than it used to be. Of 801 daily newspapers responding to Editor & Publisher's questions, 433, or 54.1% with combined circulation of 10,680,988, are supporting Republican Richard Nixon. Backing Democrat John Kennedy are 125 dailies, or 15.6% of the total, with circulation of 2,372,160. A similar Editor & Publisher canvass in 1956 showed Republican Dwight Eisenhower supported by 59.46% of the daily newspapers against 17.21% for Democrat Adlai Stevenson....
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