The stories were coded along variables focusing on technical aspects such as story placement and length as well as variables gauging the stories substantive content. The analysis focused on the Court's action in the case, how the network presented the Court's action, and how definitive the Court's action was. The analysis indicated that although the networks did a credible job when they chose to reports grants of certiorari, reporting of the Court's denials of certiorari was much more problematic. Because examples exist of accurate reporting, it is puzzling why the newscasts do not present docketing decisions more accurately more of the time. Footnotes