Valspurten 2010 i Dagens Nyheter
Politiskt vinklad journalistik på nyhetsplats
This essay speaks about the medial coverage made by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The periods examined are the two weeks before the election day (5 September ? 19 September 2010). The purpose of our study is to find out if the newspaper was neutral and did not write in favour of any political party or political block in the newssection. After the elections in Sweden 2010 there have been discussions about the medias in the country being biased, and claims have been made that the news have been written in favour of a certain political party or a bloc. Dagens Nyheter is a newspaper that is respected in Sweden and their debate-page called ?Dagens Nyheter - Debate? is agenda-setting for the rest of the media in Sweden. Therefore it is important to see whether this newspaper was publishing articles in favour of a political party or not.