Fair.org :: Poverty as an issue is nearly invisible in U.S. media coverage of the 2012 election, a new FAIR study has found—even though what candidates plan to do about an alarmingly growing poverty rate would seem to be a ripe topic for discussion in campaign coverage.
Even before the economic downturn made the poverty picture significantly worse in the United States, the Urban Institute reported that half of all Americans (51 percent) experience poverty at some time before age 65 (Urban Institute, 9/10/09).
Extra! Sept 2012 - Continue to read here Mariana Garces | Steve Rendall, www.fair.org
HT: "Missing in Campaigns, Media: the Poor," must-read analysis here Richard Prince, Maynard Institute
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