Reporting on two presidencies: News coverage of george w. bush's first year in office

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-108

  Farnsworth, Stephen J ^a   Lichter, S Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248035230     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460509507679     Document Type: Article

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