Question

The term horse-race coverage is best described as

a. fast paced media coverage of a specific event.
c. media coverage that focuses specifically on the losing candidates of an election.
b. fast paced media coverage of the presidential primary.
d. media coverage that focuses on both the winners and losers of an election along with who is ahead.

Answer 1

The correct answer is d. media coverage that focuses on both the winners and losers of an election along with who is ahead.

Horse-race journalism focuses not only on the candidates, but on comparison between them, taking into account everyone, both winners and losers.