This week on The Listening Post, Richard Gizbert looks at the integral role the US media played in the biggest Tuesday in the history of US primaries. Dubbed alternately Super Duper or Tsunami Tuesday, this year more voters in more states were bombarded with more coverage and more adverts than ever before.

The race for the Democratic nomination has been portrayed as the tightest in living memory and the media has played a significant role in highlighting the differences and antagonisms between the Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama candidacies.