So says Der Spiegel, the German magazine, which says the American people are the ones losing out. Instead of focusing on the issues, the media goes after Pastorgate, Snipergate and Mistressgate.
Quote: According to a report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, over 60 percent of election coverage by the US media has been focused on campaign strategies, tactics or personalities -- but not on actual political content.
Reporters focused the most attention on such pressing questions as whether Barack Obama was wearing an American flag lapel pin, whether John McCain had a mistress eight years ago or whether former first lady Hillary Clinton was incorrectly recalling her 1996 trip to Bosnia.
What do you think? Is the media spending too much top on what the candidates are doing/saying and not enough on where they stand on the issues?
