Assessing Local TV News Coverage of Health Issues
Crime Most Common Story On Local Television News Murders, Assaults & Shootings Dominate Crime Coverage Health Is Fifth Most Common Local News Topic;Coverage Focuses on Disease Prevention and Treatments, Not Health Policy Embargoed for Release until: 12:00 p.m., ET, Thursday, March 12, 1998 Contact:Chris Ferris at (202) 347-5270 orHeather Balas at (650) 854-9400 Washington, DC -- A new analysis of local television news programs documents that crime is indeed the single biggest topic of local…