)"A study by Boston University and the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism about how the Massachusetts Senate race was covered in the media concluded that "a Rasmussen Report's ["sic"] poll that showed the overwhelming Republican underdog, Scott Brown, climbing to within single digits (nine points) of Martha Coakley.That poll, perhaps more than anything else, signaled that a possible upset was brewing and galvanized both the media and political worlds."