Politics and Media in the 2007 Argentine Presidential Elections

The 2007 elections put in evidence the current relationship among politics, media, and public opinion in Argentina.Whereas the 2001 crisis palpably showed the gap between political leadership and social demands, the 2007 election showed a grad-ual realignment of political and social cleavages.The media, particularly newspapers, clearly express this realignment as editorial positions closely matched audiences’ political preferences during the campaign