When a party leader was visible but not speaking in an election item it was Ed Miliband and David Cameron who had the largest share of appearances, 20.5% and 19.4% respectively.
Through an error of punctuation Time ran the following rather astonishing post-election item: "In Minneapolis the discovery of a 10,000-vote tabulation error put snaggle-toothed William J. Gallagher, 69, a retired street sweeper, and Henry George, single-taxer, into the House".
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Tony Blair appeared in 35.4% of election news items, William Hague in 26.4%.
Between 30 March and 24 April, 43.4% of election news items on the major evening bulletins that gave airtime to a party source saw them attacking a rival's policy or personal character.
Charles Kennedy just edged Gordon Brown into fourth place, while of the Tory succession favourites Michael Portillo was way ahead of any other contender, appearing in 7.7% of all election news items.
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