Media
The Price of Palin: $15 per Word Spoken During FOX Contract
Sarah Palin uttered more than 189,000 words over 150 appearances on various FOX broadcasts during her three years as an analyst at the network, or $15.85 per word.
Read MoreFOX Still Shunned at Obama Press Conferences
The favorite news outlet of conservatives ranks just ninth in presser questions in Obama’s first term, getting to ask questions at only half the rate of the Big 3 broadcast networks.
Read MoreStudy: Governors Have No Pull Helping Presidential Nominees Carry Their State
States have voted more frequently for a presidential nominee of a different party than its sitting governor across 600 contests since 1968; even more so in battleground states.
Read MoreFinal Battleground Maps: 114 Electoral Votes Up for Grabs
A dozen media outlets still yield 10 different battleground state maps less than a week from Election Day, with an average of nine states and 114 electoral votes hanging in the balance.
Read MoreBattleground States Revisited: The Maps They Are A-Changin’
Two-thirds of battleground state maps have changed over the past month, yielding 10 different maps across 12 different media outlets.
Read MoreBuzzFeed Politics: 5 Is a Magic Number
The popular media outlet’s political reporting is ripe with stories boasting compendiums of visuals in groupings of 5 and 10; BuzzFeed is also a fan of the numbers 6, 8, 11, and 15.
Read MoreDid Bill Clinton Launch the First “Leave Big Bird Alone” Campaign?
Nixon, Reagan, Bush 41, and Obama all praised Sesame Street during their administrations, but only Clinton cited Muppets by name, rallying to Big Bird’s defense during the 104th Congress.
Read MoreThe Eyes Have It: Obama Blinks 1,000 Times More than Romney During 1st Debate
The president blinked at a rate of 71 times per minute while speaking during Wednesday’s debate – 1,000 times more frequently than Romney (53 per minute).
Read MoreRomney Makes the Most of His 47 Percent (Allotted Speaking Time)
The president receives more than 4 minutes more face time than Romney during the first debate, or a 12 percent greater amount than the GOP nominee.
Read MoreUS Senate Twitter Rankings: McCain, Sanders, Reid, Paul, Grassley
More than 85 senators maintain official U.S. Senate Twitter accounts with John McCain touting the most followers; Marco Rubio has the most followers among senators with non-governmental Twitter accounts.
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