University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Faculty Publications Faculty Work 9-2009 Manipulating the Public Agenda: Why ACORN Was in the News, and What the News Got Wrong Peter Dreier Occidental College Christopher R. Martin University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright © 2009 Peter Dreier and Christopher R. Martin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/com_facpub Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Dreier, Peter and Martin, Christopher R., "Manipulating the Public Agenda: Why ACORN Was in the News, and What the News Got Wrong" (2009). Faculty Publications. 2. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/com_facpub/2 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Work at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SEPTEMBER 2009 MMMaaannniiipppuuulllaaatttiiinnnggg ttthhheee PPPuuubbbllliiiccc AAAgggeeennndddaaa::: WWWhhhyyy AAACCCOOORRRNNN WWWaaasss iiinnn ttthhheee NNNeeewwwsss,,, aaannnddd WWWhhhaaattt ttthhheee NNNeeewwwsss GGGooottt WWWrrrooonnnggg Study Authors1 Peter Dreier, Ph.D. Christopher R. Martin, Ph.D. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor of Journalism, Department of Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Program, Communication Studies, University of Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Contact: (323)