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Nov 19, 2012 - Much of the surge in positive coverage was tied to Obama's strategic position, including improving opinion polls and electoral math, rather than directly to positive assessments of his response to Superstorm Sandy, according to a new study by Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Nov 06, 2012 - For millions who lost power during Hurricane Sandy but could still access the internet on mobile devices, Twitter served as a critical lifeline throughout the disaster that struck the East Coast on Oct. 29, reports the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Oct 05, 2012 - Social media came to a much different initial verdict about the first presidential debate than did the early polls and the conventional press, according to an analysis of the conversation on Twitter, Facebook and blogs by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Oct 01, 2012 - Americans are rapidly embracing mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets, a shift that has major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
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Jul 25, 2012 - On July 12, the results of an independent investigation led by former FBI director Louis Freeh found that the leadership at Penn State had known about and covered up acts of sexual assault by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. At the center of the decision to do nothing, the report found, was the legendary coach Joe Paterno.
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Jun 21, 2012 - Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference -- with its previews of soon-to-be released products and upgrades to existing devices -- triggered a major response last week in the blogoshere. The story was driven by tech bloggers reporting on the event.
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Jun 14, 2012 - The hit song "Call Me Maybe" entered the news realm last week as a video of President Obama seemingly singing the tune went viral. The video also inspired numerous imitators, displaying the power of the online "meme."
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Jun 07, 2012 - One of the subjects that fascinates social media users is news about technological innovation. Last week was no exception as rumors about two smartphones -- one from Apple and perhaps one from Facebook -- triggered intense speculation.
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May 31, 2012 - Bloggers from both the right and left sides of the political spectrum united last week in overwhelmingly condemning the House passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, which they warned would enable public officials and the military to disseminate propaganda to the American public. The issue had received negligible coverage in the mainstream media.
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May 24, 2012 - Media coverage of the continuing financial problems within the European Union spiked last week as Greece contemplated withdrawing from the organization. Attention to Europe's economic problems accounted for 5% of the newshole and represented the most weekly coverage generated by that subject since Dec. 2011.
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May 24, 2012 - Pop culture has consistently proven to be a hot topic in social media and last week the announcement that two famous singers would be joining the judges' panel on the X Factor reality show made the ranks of top stories on both Twitter and blogs.
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May 18, 2012 - In contrast to the extensive coverage in 2008 of the nomination battles won by Barack Obama and John McCain, the press this year is paying considerably less attention to the race for the White House.
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May 17, 2012 - During a week when North Carolina voters rejected same-sex marriage and President Obama endorsed it, the controversial issue inspired a passionate debate on blogs and Twitter. In both social media platforms, those in favor of allowing gay couples to wed dominated those who were opposed.
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May 10, 2012 - Barack Obama's relationships with two former girlfriends became a hot topic for blogs last week after Vanity Fair published an excerpt of a new book exploring the period in his life in New York City where he attended Columbia University. The wide range of reaction from bloggers included positive and negative assessments of Obama and evaluations of his letter-writing style.
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May 08, 2012 - Newt Gingrich's official exit from the presidential race was greeted with the kind of coverage he experienced throughout the 2012 primary season -- a sharply negative narrative. From April 30-May 6, negative coverage of the former House Speaker (38%) outweighed the positive (18%) by 20 percentage points.
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May 07, 2012 - A web column posted by an Egyptian-American journalist -- headlined "Why Do They Hate Us?" -- sparked a complex and passionate debate online about the treatment of women in the Arab world last week.
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Apr 26, 2012 - New developments from internet giant Google made the company the No. 1 topic last week in the blogosphere. The upcoming release of Google Drive, a cloud drive like the popular Dropbox, was the primary focus of conversation. It was the seventh time in 16 weeks this year that Google was among the top five stories for bloggers.
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Apr 19, 2012 - The sale of the photo networking site Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion gained attention on both blogs and Twitter last week as users were startled by the large price tag. The Trayvon Martin story remained a large component of the conversation on blogs and Twitter because of three media controversies related to the coverage.
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Apr 17, 2012 - The Trayvon Martin killing continued to top the public’s news interest last week as prosecutors in Florida filed a second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the African American 17-year-old. The controversy over the shooting has been the most closely followed story for four straight weeks.
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Apr 11, 2012 - A preview of Google’s augmented-reality glasses last week generated a major reaction on blogs and Twitter. The top video on YouTube for the week was a practical joke played on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney who walks into a ballroom that he is expecting to be full of supporters enjoying a pancake brunch - and instead is greeted by staffers, one of whom shouts "Happy April Fools!"
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Apr 10, 2012 - Even though Mitt Romney moved closer to clinching his party's nomination with wins in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, the tone of news coverage about him was almost evenly divided between positive and negative. However, he fared better than his rivals in the GOP race and better than President Obama, who endured a third consecutive down week after a period of somewhat improved coverage.
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Apr 05, 2012 - For the second straight week, the February 26 shooting death of African American teenager Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman was a widely discussed topic. It was the No. 1 topic on Twitter and No. 3 on blogs in the March 26-30 period.The largest storylines in the Twitter discussion were outrage that no arrest has been made in the case and sympathy for Martin and his family. On blogs, the racial element of the story was the top theme in the conversation.
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Apr 03, 2012 - Endorsements of Mitt Romney by prominent Republicans, as well as a growing sense that he will win the April 3 Wisconsin primary, helped fuel positive coverage of his campaign last week. But what was good news for Romney contributed to negative assessments about Rick Santorum who endured by far his worst stretch of coverage this year -- suggesting the media may be moving closer to discounting him as a possible nominee.
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Mar 30, 2012 - The focus of Twitter, blogs and the mainstream media differed in their approaches to the Trayvon Martin killing controversy. Twitter posts were characterized by sympathy for Martin and outrage over his shooting; blogs emphasized the role of race in the case; and mainstream media focused on gun control laws and the Florida Stand Your Ground Statute.
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Mar 26, 2012 - Rick Santorum's victory in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary last week helped him to his best stretch of news coverage since mid-February. Coverage of Mitt Romney was also more positive than negative after his win in Illinois, but Romney had to deal with fallout from an aide's observation that the general election was "almost like an Etch A Sketch" that allowed a candidate to"kind of shake it up and restart all over again.”
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Mar 22, 2012 - While Mitt Romney has been enjoying his most favorable coverage of the year in the mainstream press, he faced intense criticism in the blogosphere last week for statements and positions on issues ranging from Planned Parenthood to Rush Limbaugh.
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Mar 19, 2012 - Rick Santorum won the two Southern primaries last week, but it was Mitt Romney who continued to get the most positive coverage and the most media attention. While the primary battle remains hotly contested, Romney's lead in the delegate count seems to be emerging as a significant campaign storyline.
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Mar 13, 2012 - Coverage of Mitt Romney that is positive in tone has been on the upswing for two weeks. Last week, after he finished first in six of ten Super Tuesday contests, 58% of the news coverage about his candidacy was positive and just 16% negative. Coverage of Rick Santorum, who won three Super Tuesday states, was more mixed.
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Mar 08, 2012 - Social media had mostly kind words last week about controversial blogger and conservative political activist Andrew Breitbart after he died suddenly at age 43. Tributes to Breitbart outnumbered the criticism by a rate of almost 3-to-1 on blogs and almost 2-to-1 on Twitter.
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Mar 05, 2012 - Mitt Romney last week had his best press coverage so far this year as the campaign rolled towards Super Tuesday. Fully 45% of the news coverage of Mitt Romney was positive, 28% was negative and 28% was neutral. Rick Santorum saw his coverage improve over a week earlier, when he made controversial remarks about the value of college education and criticized John F. Kennedy's speech on separation of church and state.
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Mar 01, 2012 - The most-discussed story last week in the blogosphere was scientist Peter Gleick’s admission that he used a false identity to obtain global warming-related documents from a think tank that questioned the evidence for climate change. Bloggers debated passionately about the existence of global warming and whether the ends justified the means in the battle over the issue.
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Feb 24, 2012 - The Grammy Awards were the No. 1 subject on blogs and Twitter last week. The conversation on both platforms largely centered on the appearance of singer Chris Brown, the winner for best R&B album of the year, who drew notoriety after a domestic violence incident three years earlier. Most of the reactions condemned Brown and the Grammy Awards for honoring him.
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Feb 15, 2012 - Nearly a quarter of the newshole on radio and cable talk shows last week was devoted to the debate in Washington over a proposed federal rule requiring religious institutions to cover contraception in health plans. The controversy was the No. 4 story of the week in the media generally, trailing the election, Syria and the economy .
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Feb 07, 2012 - The action by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to reverse its decision and restore funding to Planned Parenthood did little to change the mix of the conversation on Twitter. After Komen changed its mind, following a deluge of criticism on Twitter, the reaction on the social media site was unchanged, with the same percentage of statements remaining negative.
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Feb 06, 2012 - The tone of news coverage about Newt Gingrich became decidely more negative last week after his losses to Mitt Romney in the Florida primary and Nevada caucuses. Coverage of Romney remained mostly negative, although there was a slight uptick in positive coverage. Romney also began to pull away from Gingrich in the amount of coverage he received.
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Feb 02, 2012 - In the realm of social media, Facebook is a major and enduring topic -- and the social networking company's filing of its IPO this week is certain to to attract major attention. Since the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism began tracking the conversation on blogs in January 2009 and Twitter in June 2009, Facebook has been among the top five topics on one of those platforms in 39 different weeks.
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Jan 30, 2012 - Media coverage of Mitt Romney got tougher last week even though he received good reviews in the two GOP debates in Florida, and polls showed him with a growing lead in the state over Newt Gingrich. One reason was that more of the coverage of him involves assessments of his candidacy or character than for other candidates.
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Jan 26, 2012 - In a powerful show of strength for social media and technology leaders, the online community derailed, at least temporarily, major legislation that had garnered significant support among Washington politicians and lobbyists.
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Jan 24, 2012 - Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney both received mixed portrayals in media coverage last week as they squared off in South Carolina's primary. Positive news coverage about each was matched by an almost identical amount of negative coverage. Gingrich now is receiving more coverage than anyone.
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Jan 20, 2012 - Major changes came to Google’s Search last week and bloggers rallied largely to voice displeasure. The debate was over Google's introduction of Search plus Your World which provides personal results to those using Google Search in addition to the standard search results.
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Jan 19, 2012 - Though the economy and jobs may be a dominant issue in the 2012 campaign for president, media coverage of the U.S. financial crisis has declined markedly in recent months. The campaign overtook the economy in November and has gained steam since, accounting for nearly half, 46%, of the newshole so far in 2012.
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Jan 12, 2012 - Liberal, libertarian and conservative bloggers last week made presidential candidate Ron Paul a prominent focus of the campaign coverage following the Iowa caucuses. On YouTube, the second most-watched news video featured a malfunction that caused an interview of a Paul supporter to be cut, prompting some Paul backers to claim it was censorship not a technical problem.
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Jan 05, 2012 - Apple’s dominance in mobile shopping because of purchases by iPad and iPhone users and the possible waning of price comparison websites were top subjects on blogs last week. Twitter users discussed what 2012 would bring in technology news. The most popular YouTube video was of a lazy deliveryman caught on camera throwing a computer monitor over the fence.
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Jan 04, 2012 - Rick Santorum's surge to finish in a virtual tie for first with Mitt Romney in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses may have benefited from the narrative in the news media. The subject of momentum, was the biggest component of the coverage in the last two weeks before Iowa citizens voted.
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Dec 29, 2011 - When PolitiFact.com -- a Pulitzer Prize winning fact-checking site -- announced its "Lie of the Year" for 2011, it set off a partisan firestorm in the blogosphere triggered by liberal critics of that choice. PolitiFact had said the "Lie of the Year" was the Democrats' assertion that "Republicans voted to end Medicare."
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Dec 21, 2011 - Coverage of the 2012 presidential race reached its second highest level of the year last week and the campaign narrative increasingly focused on the battle between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, fueled in part by conservative commentators beginning to weigh in on the choice between them.
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Dec 16, 2011 - The second most popular subject on blogs last week was BuzzFeed's 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011. Largely the province of news magazines in past times, the internet-based BuzzFeed, has now moved into the scene, ranking some of the most dramatic news events of the year. The images resulted in BuzzFeed's biggest traffic day ever.
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Dec 13, 2011 - The latest GOP frontrunner, Newt Gingrich, has now been become the top campaign newsmaker after weeks of attention to Herman Cain and allegations about his personal behavior.
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Dec 08, 2011 - Black Friday, the big shopping day after Christmas, last week triggered a discussion about commercial excess that helped make it the No. 2 subject on blogs. Most of the focus was on a single incident at a Wal-Mart in Southern California where a woman was so intent on getting an Xbox video game console on sale that she pepper sprayed up to 20 fellow shoppers.
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Dec 06, 2011 - The 2012 presidential campaign was the most-covered story last week accounting for 23% of the newshole -- largely because of continuing stories about sexual harassment allegations concerning Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. There was a new development in the story when a woman claimed to have engaged in a 13-year affair with Cain. Cain suspended his candidacy on Dec. 3.
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Dec 01, 2011 - Photographs and footage of police pepper-spraying students in California were widely shared on the internet last week, elevating the Occupy Wall Street movement to top billing on both blogs and YouTube. Conservative commentator David Frum received rare kudos from liberal bloggers for a critique of the Republican Party. On Twitter, tech-minded users shared stories about how businesses are using Facebook.
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Nov 22, 2011 - A series of police crackdowns resulted in the biggest week of Occupy Wall Street media coverage since the protests began two months ago. For the second week in a row, the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University registered as the No. 2 story in the nation.
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Nov 17, 2011 - The death of 92-year-old journalist Andy Rooney -- whose curmudgeonly commentary was part of CBS' 60 Minutes, the longest running prime time news magazine -- prompted tributes on blogs last week. Despite Rooney's status as an old-school newsman, bloggers revered him for bringing a distinct new mode of communication to the news.
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Nov 15, 2011 - Campaign coverage accounted for almost a quarter of the newshole last week, driven largely by sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain. The second most-covered story involved charges that a former Penn State coach had sexually abused young boys, creating a scandal that led to the firing of legendary coach Joe Paterno.
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Nov 10, 2011 - The sexual harassment allegations lodged against Republican Herman Cain animated social media last week as many bloggers came to the candidate's defense. While some criticized Cain's response to the charges, most of the conversation came from conservatives who condemned the press.
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Nov 03, 2011 - While the news agendas often differ on blogs and Twitter, last week was an exception with the same three topics dominating discussions on both.
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Nov 01, 2011 - Driven by coverage of both a presidential housing relief plan and the Occupy Wall Street protests, the economy accounted for 25% of the newshole last week, marking its highest level of coverage in almost two months.
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Oct 27, 2011 - By a margin of more than 2 to 1, bloggers overwhelmingly expressed support for the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in Lower Manhattan on September 17 and spread around the country.
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Oct 25, 2011 - The capture and killing of former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi dominated the news late last week.
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Oct 20, 2011 - Last week, the top story among bloggers celebrated their role in reversing one company's unpopular decision. Positive reaction to the news that Netflix had abandoned its plan to split its DVD rental and online streaming services was the No. 1 topic from October 10-14, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Oct 18, 2011 - The U.S. economy topped the news last week, powered in large part by increasing attention to the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Oct 11, 2011 - The economy reclaimed its perch as the No. 1 story last week, edging out the presidential campaign. The coverage was driven in part by a dramatic increase in media attention to the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.
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Oct 06, 2011 - Speculation about the new iPhone, which was introduced on October 4, proved to be the No. 1 story on blogs and No. 2 on Twitter last week. Some bloggers shared unverified information about the iPhone 5, but those rumors were debunked when Apple instead introduced iPhone 4S.
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Oct 04, 2011 - The presidential campaign was the top story last week for the first time since mid-June, largely due to the buzz over a potential Chris Christie entrance into the GOP race. The economy followed close behind, with the emphasis on jobs, the banking industry and public unrest. And the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor ranked among the top stories.
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Sep 29, 2011 - Commentators on blogs and Twitter last week were excited about the upcoming version of the iPhone and the expansion of the new social networking site Google+. But they were mostly unhappy about changes to Netflix and Facebook.
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Sep 27, 2011 - The bitter Beltway divide over tax policy made the U.S. economy the top story on last week’s news agenda. Rick Perry's debate performance made the presidential campaign the second top story.
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Sep 22, 2011 - The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks dominated social media from September 12-16, registering as the No. 1 subject on blogs and Twitter and among the top YouTube videos, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Sep 20, 2011 - The troubled U.S. economy was the No. 1 story last week, and for the third week in a row, President Obama’s September 8 job creation speech and plan were the central themes in that economic coverage.
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Sep 15, 2011 - The ousting of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was among the leading subjects on both blogs and Twitter last week, with many users supportive of the controversial tech executive.
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Sep 13, 2011 - The president’s speech on job creation drove the news agenda last week, making the economy the No. 1 story despite sharing the week with a lively GOP presidential debate, a special 9/11 anniversary and a new terror threat.
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Sep 08, 2011 - Discussion about Hurricane Irene was the No. 1 subject on blogs last week. The majority of bloggers took issue with critics who asserted that the press had overhyped a storm that left more than 40 people dead and caused billions in damage.
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Sep 07, 2011 - Some say the coverage was overhyped, but Hurricane Irene was the No. 1 story in the American news media last week as the press turned from tracking its path to assessing the damage wrought by the storm.
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Sep 01, 2011 - Steve Jobs' announced resignation resonated throughout Twitter last week, making it by far the biggest news story shared on the site.
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Aug 30, 2011 - The end of Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year grip on power was the No. 1 story last week. Coverage of Libya diminished during the week as the media turned to Hurricane Irene and a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, both of which struck the greater Eastern seaboard region.
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Aug 25, 2011 - During a week that featured volatility in the stock market, chaos in the Middle East, and an increase in attention paid to the presidential campaign, Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola drew excitement in social media.
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Aug 23, 2011 - The economy was the top story for the ninth straight week, with President Obama as its central figure. The presidential campaign continued to command a good share of news coverage, with a big reason being the buzz generated by newly-minted candidate Rick Perry.
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Aug 18, 2011 - Twitter users focused on the London riots last week, and many were highly angered by and critical of the chaos. While much of the mainstream news coverage explored the causes of the riots, social media users were much more intent on denouncing the destruction.
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Aug 16, 2011 - A volatile week for the stock market replaced the debt ceiling deal as the big news in economic coverage last week. The Iowa Republican debate pushed the 2012 presidential contest to its biggest week of coverage so far.
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Aug 11, 2011 - The deal to raise the debt ceiling in Washington drew harsh criticism from both the left and the right last week as the subject received significant attention on blogs, Twitter and YouTube.
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Aug 08, 2011 - The much disdained debt ceiling deal, followed by a barrage of ominous news from Wall Street and a top credit rating agency, drove coverage of the economy to its second highest level in 2011.The tone was overwhelmingly negative.
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Aug 04, 2011 - Almost a quarter of the news links on blogs last week were about the debt ceiling fight, and many involved discussion of the Tea Party, particularly after Republican Sen. John McCain referred to adherents of the movement as "hobbits."
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Aug 01, 2011 - The down-to-the-wire debt ceiling debate drove coverage of the economy by the nation's news media to its second-highest level since the News Coverage Index began tracking figures in 2007.
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Jul 28, 2011 - The dramatic July 22 attacks in Norway that resulted in the deaths of at least 68 people inspired a vibrant conversation in the blogosphere last week.
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Jul 26, 2011 - The deadlocked debt debate and the intensifying News of the World phone hacking scandal accounted for more than half of last week’s newshole.
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Jul 22, 2011 - Nearly a fifth of the news links on Twitter were about the phone hacking scandal, making it the top story on that platform, although accounting for far less than the 53% of links the previous week.
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Jul 19, 2011 - The continuing standoff over the debt limit drove coverage of the economy to its second highest mark in 2011. Press attention to Ruper Murdoch's troubles doubled.
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Jul 14, 2011 - The British phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's media empire grabbed the attention of the Twitter universe last week in a way very few stories have. And what was being said was not kind to the beleaguered Australian magnate.
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Jul 12, 2011 - The Casey Anthony trial was the No. 1 story on both network news and cable news. The high-stakes deficit negotiations was the top story overall, accounting for nearly a quarter of the news hole of all media.
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Jul 07, 2011 - Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party favorite who formally announced her presidential candidacy on June 27, was the No. 1 subject of news links on blogs last week and ranked as No. 5 story on Twitter.
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Jul 06, 2011 - The partisan differences stalling deficit reduction talks was the top story for the second week in a row, and coverage of the presidential race ranked second.
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Jun 30, 2011 - Bloggers responded strongly to the president's June 22 speech; while half were neutral, negative comments outnumbered positive by almost 3-to-1.
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Jun 28, 2011 - For Afghanistan to feature prominently in media coverage, it usually depends on what's happening in Washington. Last week was one such week.
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Jun 23, 2011 - Discovery that billions of dollars meant for Iraq's post-war reconstruction have gone missing generated a major--and largely partisan--outcry from bloggers last week.
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Jun 21, 2011 - The presidential debate in New Hampshire pushed campaign coverage to its highest level to date.
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Jun 16, 2011 - In the often technology-heavy Twitter conversation, no subject generates more consistent interest than the doings at the digital media giant Apple.
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Jun 14, 2011 - The scandal that launched 1,000 puns drew more than double the attention devoted to President Obama.
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Jun 09, 2011 - It was Sarah Palin and her controversial "One Nation" bus tour that led bloggers back to politics.
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Jun 07, 2011 - The debt ceiling, rising unemployment and continued housing woes made the economy the week's No. 1 story, but the 2012 campaign continued to acquire more media attention.
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Jun 02, 2011 - The Supreme Court ruling that ordered California to release thousands of prisoners due to overcrowding was the No.1 topic on blogs last week.
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Jun 01, 2011 - A storm system that spawned the deadliest tornado in decades, killing more than 100 residents of Joplin Missouri, last week registered as thebiggest weather story since the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism began monitoring the press.
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May 27, 2011 - How have social media responded to President Obama’s controversial speech about the conflict in the Middle East? This special edition of PEJ’s New Media Index is an in-depth look at the tone of the complex conversation on blogs, Twitter and Facebook that occurred as President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu met in Washington.
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May 24, 2011 - An alleged sexual assault with international ramifications was the No. 1 topic in the mainstream media last week. But two other stories connected to domestic politics combined for nearly a quarter of the newshole, as coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign reached a high water mark.
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May 19, 2011 - The two subjects that dominated the blogosphere last week illustrate the wide range of debate and discussion that fills that online platform. One focused on a celebrity spouse split and the other on one of the most dramatic and perhaps significant news events in recent years.
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May 14, 2011 - The death of Osama bin Laden continued to dominate the news last week, but the narrative finally began to shift from dissecting the May 1 raid to more controversial topics, such as politics and Pakistan.
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May 12, 2011 - The killing of Osama bin Laden accounted for 80% of the news links on blogs last week, making it the biggest single-week news topic discussed in the blogosphere since the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism began tracking blogs in January 2009.
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May 11, 2011 - The death of Osama bin Laden drove unprecedented amounts of coverage last week, making it the biggest story in a single week since the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism began tracking mainstream media coverage in January 2007.
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May 04, 2011 - The deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Southeast on April 27—reportedly killing more than an estimated 300 people and leaving hundreds more missing—topped the news agenda from April 25-May 1, accounting for 15% of the newshole, according to the PEJ’s News Coverage Index.
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Apr 28, 2011 - Last week, the Golden State was the focal point of much of the blogosphere's interest. Three separate stories about some form of wrongdoing or impropriety in that state were among the most popular.
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Apr 26, 2011 - One thing was clear last week, the first time that the 2012 presidential race generated significant coverage. Donald Trump has emerged as the early winner of the media primary—at least in terms of coverage and ability to drive the news agenda.
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Apr 21, 2011 - The first authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs—due out in 2012—captivated bloggers and tweeters alike, becoming one of the rare stories to figure prominently in both social media platforms in the same week.
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Apr 19, 2011 - The drama of an averted government shutdown transformed the media narrative last week into an epic contest of competing ideas about federal spending.
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Apr 14, 2011 - Bloggers focused on two stories little covered by MSM -- Japan's earthquake aftermath and a surprising reversal of position by a prominent former climate change skeptic.
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Apr 12, 2011 - The looming shutdown became the first domestic story to lead the news in nearly two months. Paul Ryan's budget drew attention and Libya remained in the news.
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Apr 07, 2011 - Bloggers conversed about an eclectic mix of topics -- a Supreme Court decision, public libraries, artificial clouds -- that were far from headline news in the mainstream media.
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Apr 05, 2011 - The Middle East and Japan remained at the top of the media's agenda, but both stories, especially Japan, have seen coverage fall while attention to the economy resurges.
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Apr 01, 2011 - The star's death topped even Michael Jackson's in blog interest. Japan and Libya were No.2 and 3 in coverage. AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile led news interest on Twitter.
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Mar 29, 2011 - Entry of the U.S. and NATO military forces into the Libyan conflict made it the No.1 story, surpassing the crisis in Japan. Elizabeth Taylor's death was the No. 3 news topic.
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Mar 24, 2011 - The aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake in Japan was the No. 1 topic on blogs, Twitter and YouTube.
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Mar 22, 2011 - With crises in Japan and Libya combining for 74% of the coverage studied, overseas stories have now led the news agenda for seven out of the past eight weeks.
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Mar 17, 2011 - The response to the earthquake illustrated the many ways in which Twitter functions as a social media tool from eyewitness reporter and electronic bulletin board to fundraiser.
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Mar 15, 2011 - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan late in the week overwhelmed earlier coverage of the Libyan civil war, Wisconsin union-limiting legislation and radical Islam hearings.
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Mar 10, 2011 - Continuing a recent trend, blogs focused on hot-button domestic issues rather than Middle East turmoil, which has held the mainstream media's interest.
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Mar 08, 2011 - For the fifth time in the past six weeks, the situation in the Middle East was the No. 1 story in the mainstream media with the economy remaining in second place.
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Mar 03, 2011 - On blogs, a passionate debate, clearly split along ideological lines, raged over the role of unions in America. Libya tied with monkey brains in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.
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Mar 01, 2011 - As the press followed the current unrest from hot spot to hot spot, reporting about the Middle East topped the biggest month of coverage of the BP oil spill.
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Feb 24, 2011 - Like mainstream media, social media focused on two primary topics--the U.S. budget and Middle East unrest. A Wal-Mart in D.C. ran in third place.
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Feb 23, 2011 - Debate over Obama's budget and labor protests in Wisconsin drove coverage of economic issues to the top of the media agenda, overshadowing Middle East turmoil.
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Feb 17, 2011 - Voices on both blogs and Twitter -- and from both ends of the political spectrum -- were in rare agreement in opposing renewal of the legislation.
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Feb 15, 2011 - Just as the media began to turn away from the story, the president of Egypt's resignation overwhelmed news coverage -- especially on cable.
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Feb 10, 2011 - Bloggers used their platforms to relay news updates, provide context to the crisis and debate the implications of the situation in the Middle East.
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Feb 07, 2011 - Events in the Middle East claimed more than half of all news coverage making them the biggest international story in the past four years.
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Feb 03, 2011 - Turmoil in Egypt did not register as a major social media topic last week. Blogs discussed allegations involving Clarence Thomas, and Twitter focused on technology.
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Feb 01, 2011 - Last week's news landscape was a tale of two stories -- one much-anticipated event in Washington and an unexpected drama unfolding about 6,000 miles away.
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Jan 27, 2011 - Senator John McCain’s support for President Obama’s speech at the Arizona memorial and the dawn of a new GOP-led House of Representatives focused bloggers’ attention last week. On Twitter, stories about Apple’s financial health drew the most interest. And on YouTube, the dramatic floods in Australia revealed the impact of the tragedy to the world.
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Jan 25, 2011 - The prominence of Rep. Gifford and the many political angles kept the Arizona shootings high on the news agenda; the visit by China's premier ran a distant second.
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Jan 20, 2011 - The shootings in Arizona that killed six and severely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords drew more attention in the blogosphere than any subject in the past eight months..
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Jan 19, 2011 - The tenor of political discourse in America, including its role as a catalyst for violence, was the leading media storyline in the aftermath of the Arizona tragedy.
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Jan 13, 2011 - The politics behind the 112th Congress led the online conversation last week as bloggers jousted over the mandate and implications of a GOP-led House. On Twitter, the announcement that Apple was now the second-most valuable company in the world was the No. 1 subject. And on YouTube, an excerpt from a BBC show demonstrated just how endearing polar bears can be.
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Jan 12, 2011 - For much of last week, the dominant topic in the news was the installation of a new Congress as well as its impact on politics, public policy and the Obama administration. But over the weekend, an attack that occurred about 2,000 miles from Washington D.C. quickly commandeered the attention of the media and the nation.
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Jan 06, 2011 - Last week the economy—or one nuanced element of it—led bloggers’ conversation. And the No. 2 topic was a famous athlete’s domestic situation. Meanwhile news (and rumors) about the iPad topped a tech-heavy news agenda on Twitter.
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Jan 04, 2011 - The first big East Coast snowstorm of the winter season beat out the economy and domestic terrorism as the top story last week, according to a special web news edition of PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index. And defeated Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, a magnet for media coverage during the 2010 campaign, returned to the spotlight, but not on the most flattering of terms.
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Dec 29, 2010 - For the third time this month, bloggers remained wrapped up in the WikiLeaks affair and U.S. government response. Bloggers also cheered the end the of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. On Twitter, news media predictions for 2011 garnered the most attention. And a shocking event caught live on video drew the most views on YouTube.
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Dec 21, 2010 - The swift passage and signing of the landmark tax bill drove the economy to the No. 1 spot in the news agenda last week.
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Dec 16, 2010 - The agreement on tax cuts between President Obama and GOP leaders led to a complex online conversation which revealed deep tensions within one party. The WikiLeaks controversy, a hot topic for the second week in a row, drew a more unified response. And on YouTube, a tragic stunt on live German television drew worldwide attention.
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Dec 13, 2010 - The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the death of Elizabeth Edwards both received substantial coverage, but it was the reaction to a compromise on the expiring Bush-era tax cuts that really galvanized the press last week.
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Dec 09, 2010 - The social media were galvanized last week by the WikiLeaks dissemination of secret U.S. documents—sharing and commenting on a number of different elements in the story. Twitter users drew even more attention, though, to a major scientific discovery largely uncovered in the mainstream press.
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Dec 06, 2010 - There was a significant spike in coverage of the troubled U.S. economy last week as Washington seemed to start tackling some of the key issues more aggressively. And if Julian Assange wasn’t already a household word, the man famous for sharing U.S. secrets generated enormous attention with new revelations.
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Dec 02, 2010 - The outrage over new security measures at the nation’s airports ran rampant among bloggers, Tweeters, and YouTube viewers. Phrases like “security theater,” “money making scam” and even an animated reenactment of full body x-rays and pat-downs pervaded social media.
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Nov 23, 2010 - The state of the troubled U.S. economy, the old reliable of news stories, was the biggest topic in the news last week. But the media also focused on some new TSA screening techniques that seemed to poke and provoke some travelers. And continued coverage of the midterms focused on new power players in Washington.
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Nov 18, 2010 - A very familiar topic generated significant attention in the blogosphere last week. But this time, the conversation largely emanated from a different side of the political and policy spectrum.
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Nov 16, 2010 - Three stories topped the news last week—the economy, the aftermath of the 2010 midterms and the president’s trip to Asia—and all three involved narratives that were not positive for President Obama. The week’s other top stories included a cruise gone awry and a former president resurfacing on the media circuit to pitch his new book.
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Nov 11, 2010 - A backlash against columnist David Broder’s suggestions for Obama united bloggers last week while Comedy Central’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear got mixed reviews.
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Nov 10, 2010 - Last week’s culmination of the hotly contested 2010 midterm election season proved to be the biggest story in two years, filling 57% of the newshole from November 1-7, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Nov 02, 2010 - The final stretch of campaigning produced the biggest week yet for election coverage; economy, thwarted terror plot and BP/Halliburton liability news ran well behind..
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Oct 28, 2010 - As Election Day approaches, comments by two of the biggest names in the tea party movement-GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin-generated party-line responses in the blogosphere.
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Oct 26, 2010 - The midterms accounted for 38% of the total newshole, up substantially from 28% the previous week, and registering as the No. 1 story in all five media sectors.
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Oct 21, 2010 - The home mortgage crisis, fueled recently by charges of fraudulent foreclosure procedures, triggered angry reactions aimed at multiple culprits from bloggers of all political stripes last week.
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Oct 19, 2010 - A midterm election cycle quickly becoming known for harsh rhetoric and sharp personal attacks once again finished as the No. 1 story last week. But it had to share the media spotlight with a live dramatic rescue that became the ultimate reality show.
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Oct 14, 2010 - The top stories in the blogosphere are often an eclectic mix of topics from technology and pop culture to science and war. But last week, with the 2010 midterm elections looming, each of the top five subjects focused on the election or a closely related subject-the economic issues helping define the campaign.
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Oct 13, 2010 - Even without major new developments to report, the 2010 midterms dominated last week’s news—another indication that the crucial elections are likely to drive coverage for the next month.
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Oct 07, 2010 - A news report that challenges conventional wisdom, especially one about a personal/cultural topic like religion, is often rich fodder for online conversation. This was the case last week as a survey showing that atheists and agnostics were more knowledgeable about religion than followers of major faiths drew significant attention.
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Oct 05, 2010 - As the president hit the road to shore up the Democrats’ faltering fortunes, the midterm elections topped the news agenda for the third week in a row, accounting for 26% of the newshole from Sept. 27-Oct. 3, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Sep 30, 2010 - A new book by Bob Woodward examining the Obama Administration’s internal debate over the Afghanistan war triggered a torrent of criticism of the president by conservative bloggers last week.
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Sep 28, 2010 - The 2010 midterms dominated the news agenda for the second week in a row and seemed poised to emerge as the major mainstream media story of the fall season.
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Sep 23, 2010 - Technology topped the agenda on Twitter last week as the powerful tech troika of Twitter, Google and Facebook all generated attention.
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Sep 21, 2010 - The surprise victory of a tea party-backed candidate in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary fueled the biggest week yet for coverage of the 2010 midterm elections.
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Sep 16, 2010 - Anti-war and anti-Obama bloggers weighed in last week over the costs of the Iraq conflict and a quotation on a new rug in the Oval Office. On Twitter, the New York Times publisher's prediction about the future of print from drew attention. And a YouTube-based talk show proved very popular.
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Sep 14, 2010 - Controversies related to Muslim-Americans—one sparked by a Florida pastor’s plans to burn the Koran and another by a proposal to build an Islamic community center blocks from ground zero—topped the news last week as the country marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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Sep 09, 2010 - Last week, politics was the overriding theme in the blogosphere.
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Sep 07, 2010 - Two potential disasters and an almost forgotten war helped drive the mainstream news agenda in a week in which a number of events vied for the media’s attention.
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Sep 02, 2010 - To a degree not seen in the mainstream press, the controversy over the lower Manhattan mosque has touched a raw nerve in the social media. Indeed, August 23-27 marked the third straight week that the intersection of politics, religion, terrorism, and 9/11 memories has made the issue one of the top subjects in the blogosphere.
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Aug 31, 2010 - A volley of primaries put the mid-term elections in the media foreground last week. At the same time, two sobering assessments—one of post-Katrina New Orleans and the other of the nation’s economy—followed close behind in a week where no story clearly dominated the news.
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Aug 26, 2010 - For the second week in a row, the debate over a planned mosque near the World Trade Center site raged in the blogosphere. But this time, a different set of voices dominated that conversation.
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Aug 24, 2010 - A statement of support for religious freedom by President Barack Obama fueled an ideologically driven debate in the media over a proposed Islamic center in New York last week. A milestone in the Iraq war, continued economic travails and a mostly hung jury in a corruption case involving a colorful former governor also vied for attention.
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Aug 19, 2010 - A plan by two tech giants to regulate broadband topped the online conversation last week as bloggers roundly criticized Google for seemingly softening its support of network neutrality-the concept of treating all Internet traffic equally across a network.
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Aug 17, 2010 - Driven by some key primary fights in Georgia and Colorado, continuing signs of disarray among the Democrats and more evidence of an angry public mood, coverage of the 2010 midterm elections led the news last week.
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Aug 12, 2010 - On Wednesday, August 4, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriages, otherwise known as Proposition 8, was unconstitutional. This marked the first time a U.S. judge had made such a declaration under federal rather than state law.
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Aug 10, 2010 - Two stories—one that featured some gloomy news and another with a distinctly more upbeat tone—vied for attention at the top of the news agenda last week.
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Aug 05, 2010 - The publication of information gleaned from Facebook profiles of millions of users was the top subject on Twitter last week. And a ruling that it’s okay to hack into the iPhone for new applications gained attention on both blogs and Twitter. On YouTube, slang-speaking teens have provoked millions of clicks for two weeks running.
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Aug 03, 2010 - Coverage of the conflict in Afghanistan got a big boost last week after the WikiLeaks organization unearthed classified reports casting doubts on the prospects for U.S. success there. But in a balanced news week, a key ruling in the Arizona immigration battle, the departure of an embattled BP CEO and a sluggish economy shared the media’s attention.
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Aug 02, 2010 - Last week, a blogger’s discovery of a doctored BP photograph generated the most interest in the blogosphere. Next came a discussion of the changing news business triggered by a humorous column from a veteran journalist. On Twitter, users were most interested in tracking how social networking sites were faring. On YouTube, an airborne donkey drew the most hits.
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Jul 27, 2010 - A week that began with an old-media stalwart prompting a policy debate with an in-depth investigation ended with a vivid illustration of the perils of the rapid-fire nature of modern cable and the edges of internet news.
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Jul 26, 2010 - Election-year politics and a noteworthy poll made up the hottest story in the blogosphere last week. Meanwhile on Twitter, a technology topic involving oft-scrutinized Apple topped the news agenda. And on YouTube, the most popular subject by far was Paul the octopus, the world-class World Cup handicapper.
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Jul 19, 2010 - Due largely to BP’s most promising effort yet to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, that ongoing environmental disaster led the week’s news, generating its highest amount of coverage in three weeks.
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Jul 15, 2010 - An Internet prank aimed at 16-year-old pop star Justin Bieber provided amusement for many in the social media world last week. Social media also debated several legal issues ranging from immigration to the digital economy. And on YouTube, CNN host Anderson Cooper’s commentary on the lack of media access to the oil spill cleanup drew the most hits.
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Jul 13, 2010 - The environmental disaster in the Gulf continued to draw media attention last week, though far below the levels it once commanded. Coverage of the politics surrounding the mid-term elections edged out a mixed bag of economic news for the No. 2 slot. And an NBA superstar proved to be one of the week’s biggest newsmakers.
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Jul 08, 2010 - Civil liberties were the hot topics across social media last week. Bloggers debated the Supreme Court decision on gun ownership and Finland’s law making Internet access a legal right. Twitter drew attention to the discovery of a privacy leak on the website Foursquare. On YouTube, a video purportedly showing oily rain in the Gulf region led to controversy.
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Jul 07, 2010 - Coverage of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico edged out gloomy economic news and the mostly routine Elena Kagan confirmation hearings last week. But even as it regained the top spot after a one-week hiatus, there is evidence of diminishing media interest in the BP spill saga.
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Jul 01, 2010 - President Obama’s decision to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top battlefield commander in Afghanistan, a move freighted with military and political implications, vaulted the war to the top of the media agenda last week for the first time in seven months.
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Jul 01, 2010 - The controversy surrounding General McChrystal – and especially Obama’s role in the matter – commanded attention on blogs and Twitter last week. Twitter users also shared news of a landmark copyright ruling portrayed as a victory for online freedom. And on YouTube, a clip of a dancing baby led to a vibrant conversation over authenticity.
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Jun 28, 2010 - The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico became a hot topic in blogs and on Twitter last week, with the discussion focused on a range of storylines. At the same time, two subjects that had generated little attention in recent weeks—the economy and the war in Afghanistan—also drew significant interest. On YouTube, a Congressman’s angry response to being filmed drew almost 2.5 million views.
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Jun 22, 2010 - After weeks in which the cleanup, containment and impact of the spill dominated the Gulf coverage, the narrative pivoted substantially last week.
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Jun 17, 2010 - For the second week in a row, the deadly May 31 clash between Israeli soldiers and a ship headed for the Gaza Strip was the leading subject for bloggers. But the conversation changed markedly
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Jun 15, 2010 - In a week when voters went to the polls in 12 states and worries about the federal budget deficit grew, it was the spill of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico that really captured the media’s attention—again. For the third week in a row, the growing disaster accounted for at least one-third of the newshole as finger-pointing became a larger aspect of the coverage.
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Jun 10, 2010 - With the oil still gushing, BP making new efforts to stanch the spill and the Obama Administration taking a more aggressive line toward the energy company, the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico accounted for a third of last week’s news coverage. No other story came close although a deadly encounter on a boat headed for the Gaza Strip finished as the No. 2 subject.
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Jun 10, 2010 - Passions ran high as the blogosphere was consumed with the deadly confrontation between Israeli forces and a supply ship headed for Gaza last week. On Twitter, stories about European soccer led the week. And on YouTube, videos of the Mavi Marmara incident drew significant interest along with a toddler with an unhealthy addiction.
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Jun 03, 2010 - The debate over the popular social networking site Facebook and the issue of privacy rights led a technology-focused week on social media. On Twitter, more than half of the news links were about Apple, a favorite Twitter topic. On YouTube, an ad about immigration featuring a frog puppet received the most views.
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Jun 02, 2010 - The oil spill that won’t stop gushing became the story that won’t stop growing as the Gulf disaster coverage, fueled by a Presidential admission and a failed effort to cap the leak, reached new heights last week. No other subject—including a political controversy, a skittish stock market, the immigration issue or tensions in the Korean peninsula—came close to matching the spill’s coverage.
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May 27, 2010 - News that scientists had created the first-ever living cell controlled by synthetic DNA fascinated the blogosphere last week as the discussion focused on the ethics and implications of the achievement. On Twitter, a marketing campaign gone awry received the most attention. And on YouTube, a forceful political ad drew almost a million views.
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May 25, 2010 - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a fixture in the headlines for over a month, narrowly edged some attention-grabbing election results as the top story last week. The legislative effort to regulate Wall Street drove economic coverage and two international stories rounded out the roster of top subjects.
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May 20, 2010 - While the recent British balloting may have been confusing for many news consumers, bloggers eagerly dissected the results, devoting as much time to the election as any story so far in 2010. On YouTube, the top video, of a controversial police raid, was viewed 1.2 million times.
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May 18, 2010 - The environmental disaster in the Gulf continued its month-long run among the roster of top stories last week as the narrative focused on assigning blame for the spill. The newest Supreme Court nominee attracted detractors and supporters, but not as much coverage as her immediate predecessor.
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May 13, 2010 - The blogosphere was focused on two major news events last week, the failed bombing attempt in Times Square and the spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And in both instances, the conversation included a lot of partisan finger pointing. The oil spill was also among two of the most viewed news videos on YouTube while Twitter remained more fixated on Apple.
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May 11, 2010 - The media scrambled last week as authorities arrested a suspect in the Times Square terror case, the Gulf oil spill grew more ominous, Wall Street went briefly into free fall and floods took a deadly toll in Tennessee. All of which left little room for coverage of a crucial overseas election.
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May 06, 2010 - The controversial immigration law in Arizona sparked significant interest in the blogosphere last week, as it did in the mainstream media. But the social media also focused intently on a story that was largely absent in the MSM—the question of whether we on earth should consider E.T. a friend or foe.
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May 04, 2010 - With Congress putting one of Wall Street’s big-name firms on the hot seat, the economy topped the news agenda last week. Increasingly grim news about the Gulf Coast oil spill and the polarizing debate over Arizona’s immigration law also attracted significant coverage. Meanwhile, a prominent GOP defector drove coverage of the mid-term elections.
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Apr 29, 2010 - For the second week in a row, the travel delays caused by the Icelandic volcano that spewed ash in the skies over Europe were the lead subject on blogs.
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Apr 27, 2010 - The debate over how to reform Wall Street—and the role one of its most prominent firms played in the economic catastrophe—pushed the economy back to the top of the news agenda last week. Meanwhile, the return of global air travel after the Icelandic volcano and a disaster in the Gulf of Mexico helped fill out the roster of top stories.
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Apr 22, 2010 - A natural disaster, a tragic accident and complaints about Obama’s handling of the media shared attention in a very mixed news week that is somewhat atypical for the blogosphere. On Twitter, stories about Google led a week along with news that the Library of Congress is archiving Tweets.
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Apr 20, 2010 - The U.S. economy topped the news agenda in a week that included a major summit in Washington D.C. an eruption that wreaked havoc with global travel and a series of Tea Party protests. Meanwhile, coverage of the once raging health care issue has tapered off dramatically since the legislation was signed into law.
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Apr 15, 2010 - Groups of bloggers amassed to decry two separate controversies last week: reported rule changes to the board game Scrabble and the declaration that April would be Confederate History Month in Virginia. On YouTube, politics were unusually popular, with three separate congressional videos leading the list. And Twitterers remained fascinated with the iPad.
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Apr 13, 2010 - A tragic mine explosion in West Virginia led the news last week, with about twice the amount of coverage given to the next biggest story: the still-ailing U.S. economy.
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Apr 08, 2010 - For the third time in a row, health care reform was the top subject in the blogosphere last week, followed by another common online topic: global warming. On Twitter, developments with the world's largest energy particle accelerator topped the list. And on YouTube, an awkward moment in Haiti featuring two former presidents attracted more than 3 million views.
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Apr 06, 2010 - Amid good news on jobs, storms in the Northeast and the arrest of a radical Christian militia, the news agenda was more unusually diverse last week with eight different stories gaining substantial attention.
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Apr 01, 2010 - The debate over the passage of health care reform reached unprecedented levels on blogs and Twitter last week, and the debate focused on both the value of the bill and the confrontations that surrounded its passing.
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Mar 31, 2010 - Health care reform received its highest level of media coverage last week than at any time since the legislative battle began. That made it the 18th biggest story in any week since PEJ began its real time monitoring of the national media. And most of that coverage focused on the political impact of the law.
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Mar 25, 2010 - As the health care bill neared passage in the House last week, it was by far the most popular topic on blogs, stirring a passionate and sometimes angry debate. On Twitter, a number of technology-focused stories led the way. And on YouTube, Jesse Ventura’s view on conspiracy theories was among the most popular videos.
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Mar 23, 2010 - After a year of passionate debate, health-care reform dominated the news agenda last week leading up to a key vote by the House of Representatives, with the media focused on head counts, horse trading and the political calculus for legislators. No other story came close, but the economy once again finished as runner up.
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Mar 18, 2010 - Last week the dominant subject among bloggers was a global poll that illustrated strong sentiment for treating cyberspace as a kind of universal public utility. On Twitter, technology was once again the focus. And a senior citizen disc jockey was the week’s YouTube favorite.
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Mar 16, 2010 - For the third straight week, the Obama Administration’s renewed efforts to pass a health care bill topped the news agenda while the U.S. economy followed in the No. 2 slot. Ex-Congressman Eric Massa’s weird cable TV tour also generated attention. And troubled Toyota found itself in the news again, albeit this time with somewhat more sympathetic coverage.
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Mar 11, 2010 - For the second time in a month, the issue of gay rights drew intense interest from the blogosphere. The Chilean earthquake finished a close second while news about Google was the lead topic on Twitter. And on YouTube, four of the five top videos were about an animal trainer drowned by a killer whale at SeaWorld in Orlando.
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Mar 09, 2010 - The media last week were focused squarely on politicians. While Obama’s health care gamble was the top story, Jim Bunning’s quixotic Senate crusade, a Texas gubernatorial primary and the resignation of a powerful House committee chairman were also big news. The only non-politics story in the top five was the tragedy in Chile.
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Mar 04, 2010 - Bloggers weren’t very interested in the politics of the big Washington bi-partisan health care summit last week. But they engaged in a spirited debate over a health care warning issued by some pediatricians. On Twitter, several different Web-focused subjects gained the most attention. And Tiger Woods’ media mea culpa drew more than half a million views on YouTube.
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Mar 02, 2010 - With the legislative process stalled in recent weeks, the media turned away from health care reform. But President Obama’s much-awaited February 25 summit meeting changed that. Meanwhile, a modicum of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill fueled coverage of the economy and a mea culpa before Congress put Toyota in the headlines.
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Feb 25, 2010 - Following an interview with one of the leading scientists in the so-called “Climate-gate” controversy, bloggers engaged in a passionate exchange over the merits of climate change science. On Twitter, an airline’s treatment of an overweight celebrity was the top story. And on YouTube, the tragic death of an Olympic luger was a leading driver of traffic.
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Feb 23, 2010 - The economy was the top story last week, but it faced stiff competition from U.S. medals in Vancouver, fighting in Afghanistan, a retiring senator in Indiana and an attack on the IRS in Texas. And then there was Tiger.
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Feb 18, 2010 - Social media last week dove into the debate of free versus pay online content. Sparked by Warner Music's plan to favor Web sites that charge users, bloggers answered in force: It's free or we flee.
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Feb 17, 2010 - With its wintry TV tableaus, last week’s massive snowstorms topped a news agenda tilted toward the nation’s Capitol. Not only did Washington D.C. bear the brunt of the snow’s wallop, but Beltway-based battles over the jobs and health care came next in the roster of leading stories.
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Feb 12, 2010 - An anti-abortion ad run during the Super Bowl and opposition to gay rights were the most popular subjects on social media last week. On YouTube, Apple’s iPad dominated all five of the most-viewed news videos.
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Feb 10, 2010 - For the second week in a row, the actions of President Obama fueled substantial coverage of the state of the U.S. economy. Toyota’s mounting problems and a controversial kidnapping case in Haiti also helped propel those subjects onto the roster of top stories.
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Feb 04, 2010 - Anticipation and reaction to Apple’s new iPad was the hottest topic on Twitter last week. Blogs, though, were more caught up with a British program made up entirely of footage shot by chimpanzees. In both arenas, the President’s State of the Union Address drew little reflection.
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Feb 02, 2010 - Coverage of the President’s prime-time speech and assessments of his stewardship in office dominated the news agenda last week. Meanwhile, news about the economy, events in Haiti and trouble for Toyota filled out the roster of top stories. And attention to one of the week’s top newsmakers varied dramatically on cable news.
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Jan 28, 2010 - The recovery efforts following the tragic earthquake in Haiti continued to be the main subject of interest in parts of social media last week—particularly on Twitter and YouTube. Blogs also discussed details of the quake’s aftermath, but the blogosphere paid more attention to other topics, including warnings from European countries about security risks involved with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
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Jan 26, 2010 - The media’s attention was divided between Port au Prince and Massachusetts last week, and the two stories highlighted significant differences in editorial priorities, particularly in the cable news universe. Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s one-year anniversary as President triggered a wave of evaluations that tended toward the bearish.
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Jan 21, 2010 - Social media responded strongly to the tragic earthquake that shattered Haiti last week. Beyond conveying information and first-hand accounts, Twitter became central in the effort to raise funds through text-messaging to help relief organizations. On YouTube, surveillance videos gained widespread attention.
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Jan 14, 2010 - A story about a British sex study was the No. 1 news topic in the blogosphere last week while news of an elitist dating site led on Twitter. On YouTube, a Brazilian news anchor got himself into trouble for making insulting comments he thought were private.
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Jan 12, 2010 - With the White House producing a post-mortem on what went wrong, the Christmas bombing plot led the news agenda last week. And it was joined by a number of related terrorism topics in the news, harkening back to the days of nervous post 9/11 headlines.
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Jan 07, 2010 - In a rare occurrence, three central elements of today’s news ecosystem—the mainstream media, blogs and Twitter—agreed on the biggest story of the week, in this case, the failed Christmas Day terror attempt.
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Jan 05, 2010 - The expanding fallout from the Christmas Day terror plot dominated newspaper coverage last week, according to a special News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Dec 30, 2009 - Both bloggers and users of Twitter closely followed the ebb and flow of the Senate’s debate over health care reform last week, commenting on each step of the way.
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Dec 23, 2009 - Health care debates, the economy, global warming and domestic terrorism and prevention were the top stories of the week.
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Dec 17, 2009 - Last week, bloggers gave more attention to the subject of global warming than at any time this year. And while skeptics continued to focus on “Climate-gate,” defenders were more vocal than in previous weeks. On Twitter, the growing Tiger Woods scandal earned the most attention. And on YouTube, a feisty exchange between the White House press secretary and a reporter was the most viewed news video.
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Dec 15, 2009 - The economy and health care continued to lead the news last week as they have so often in recent months. But global warming, thanks in part to a controversy over emails, received a record level of coverage.
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Dec 10, 2009 - A vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of Muslim minarets and controversies over global warming research led conversations in the blogosphere last week. On Twitter, it was a story about a local billboard campaign with unintended consequences. And on YouTube, a pop singer made her second appearance in recent weeks.
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Dec 08, 2009 - The President’s long-awaited decision on how to wage war in Afghanistan was the No. 1 story last week, surpassing coverage of the two big domestic issues—the economy and health care. But a scandal-scorched athlete and some White House party crashers found their way into the top stories as well.
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Dec 03, 2009 - Charges against U.S. servicemen who captured one of the most wanted men in Iraq drew major attention from the blogosphere last week. A controversial singer was the hottest topic on Twitter. And a YouTube video intended to paint an unflattering portrait of Sarah Palin supporters was viewed more than 1 million times.
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Nov 24, 2009 - A Senate health care bill, new jobless numbers, a recommendation on breast cancer screening, and a presidential visit to China made the roster of top stories in a crowded news week. But perhaps no subject stirred as much media sturm and drang as Sarah Palin’s high-profile book tour.
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Nov 19, 2009 - The new media world divided its attention between two stories last week: the progress of health care reform in Congress and the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings. On Twitter, technology-related issues topped the agenda. And on YouTube, that soccer player just won’t go away.
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Nov 17, 2009 - Coverage of the Army base massacre continued to dominate headlines as some of last week’s coverage examined whether Nidal Malik Hasan should have been stopped before his November 5 attack. And by week’s end, the plan to bring alleged 9/11 conspirators to trial in New York was dominating the headlines.
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Nov 12, 2009 - The online media joined the mainstream press last week in focusing most of their attention on the killing spree at the Fort Hood Army post. Some of that conversation focused on the background and motivation of the suspect, but much also evaluated the pros and cons of real-time newsgathering.
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Nov 10, 2009 - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped, the Afghan runoff election was cancelled and the House of Representatives passed a health care bill last week. But those stories all took a back seat to coverage of the killing spree at Fort Hood Texas, which quickly became a story about Islam and possibly, terrorism.
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Nov 05, 2009 - A diverse mix of stories—from war policy to a scientific breakthrough—topped the news agenda in the blogosphere last week. But the dominant topic was a heinous crime that generated much more attention online than in the traditional press. On Twitter, the top subject was a very different kind of crime story.
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Nov 03, 2009 - Coverage of health care was up last week, the economy was down and the war in Afghanistan remained about the same. But together, this trio continued their run atop the news agenda, a pattern we began to see settle in earlier this fall.
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Oct 29, 2009 - Two subjects that didn’t generate much attention in the mainstream press last week remained hot topics in social media. The saga of six-year-old Falcon Heene and the phony balloon flight continued to provoke outrage in the blogosphere while a warning from the British Prime Minister triggered another debate over global warming.
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Oct 27, 2009 - The economic crisis topped the news agenda last week as Wall Street pay packages triggered anger and action in Washington. Agreement on a runoff election also generated a spike in Afghanistan coverage, and hostilities between the White House and Fox News made the roster of top stories.
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Oct 22, 2009 - Two different topics grabbed the attention of social media last week to an extent rarely seen in the New Media Index. On blogs, a BBC report questioning global warming triggered a mostly enthusiastic response while the strange saga of “balloon boy” led on Twitter. On YouTube, a speech by a pop singer at a political rally was the most viewed video.
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Oct 20, 2009 - Ending a lull in coverage, the battle over health care reform returned as the No. 1 story last week as 23 senators cast votes on the issue. But the nation—and the media—were also captivated by a strange story about a six-year-old boy that began as breathless breaking cable news.
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Oct 15, 2009 - It was a tale of two very different stories leading the blogosphere last week. One, an Internet security breach with global implications, revealed the communal nature of the social media that allows users to alert and even try to protect one another. The other, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, highlighted the blogosphere's proclivity for commentary and opinion that runs the gamut from racial to philosophical.
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Oct 14, 2009 - It was a war that often had trouble breaking into the headlines. But in recent months, with President Obama facing a crucial decision over whether to escalate U.S. involvement, coverage of Afghanistan increased noticeably. And last week, as the policy debate intensified, the story dominated finally the news.
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Oct 08, 2009 - The arrest of Roman Polanski dominated the blogosphere last week, with online commentators overwhelmingly condemning the filmmaker for the crime he committed three decades ago. And a CNN sparring match between anchor Wolf Blitzer and filmmaker Michael Moore was among the week’s most viewed YouTube news videos.
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Oct 06, 2009 - Health care and the economy generated coverage last week, but the news agenda highlighted three geopolitical problems facing President Obama—negotiating with Iran, fighting in Afghanistan and trying to convince the IOC to bring the Olympics to the U.S.
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Oct 01, 2009 - Sparked by an assessment from a top U.S. military commander, bloggers last week weighed in on the debate over whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. And for the second week in a row, questions about the role of race in attitudes toward President Obama generated heated commentary.
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Sep 30, 2009 - After a summer during which health care and the economic crisis dominated media attention, last week international events and crises took center stage in what proved an unusually balanced news agenda.
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Sep 24, 2009 - A discussion that revolved around the critics of Barack Obama and his policies dominated the blogosphere last week—with the Tea Party protests and Jimmy Carter’s remarks about race as the main catalyst. On YouTube, an exhibition of public rudeness was the most viewed video.
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Sep 22, 2009 - On the week when a key Senate Democrat unveiled a long-awaited bill, the battle over health care reform was the No. 1 story—the eighth time in nine weeks that issue has topped the news agenda.
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Sep 17, 2009 - The discovery of a giant rat species in Papua New Guinea and the shout of a Congressman during Obama’s health care speech led the blogs last week. Twitter, on the other hand, proved to be ever more self-absorbed. And on YouTube, it was still health care, albeit in a more civil tone.
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Sep 15, 2009 - Due largely to the President’s prime time address to Congress, coverage of the health care reform issue exploded last week. And an Obama speech to school children that wasn’t so controversial after all also made the top story list.
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Sep 10, 2009 - For the first time since PEJ launched the New Media Index in January, the conflict in Afghanistan was a major topic in the blogosphere, dominating the conversation last week.
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Sep 09, 2009 - In a week when no one story dominated the media landscape, two big domestic issues, an emerging overseas challenge, a natural disaster and an unnatural crime led the roster of top stories.
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Sep 03, 2009 - Bloggers, even more so than the mainstream press, dedicated the week to the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy. Twitter users linked to Kennedy as well, but were more caught up in new legislation that could affect their online activities. And according to YouTube clicks, health care town halls still make for good viewing.
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Sep 01, 2009 - The passing of the last of the fabled Kennedy brothers easily led last week’s news agenda and generated a host of storylines. And for the first time in more than a month, the fractious health care debate was relegated to the sidelines.
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Aug 27, 2009 - In a week when the mainstream press focused on health care reform, the economy and the war in Afghanistan, the conversation on both Twitter and blogs was dominated by a very different set of problems — zombie attacks and cocaine on U.S. currency.
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Aug 25, 2009 - Two stories that have been cementing their status as the leading domestic and foreign policy concerns facing the country were at the top of the news agenda last week, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Aug 20, 2009 - For the first week all year, health care was the leading topic of conversation among bloggers. And it was an often contentious conversation as liberals and conservatives accused each other of spreading untruths—and sometimes worse. On Twitter, technology-focused stories led the agenda as Iran dropped out of the top story list for the first time since the disputed June 12 elections.
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Aug 18, 2009 - Coverage of the debate over health care policy increased dramatically, dominating the news agenda last week. But with contentious shouting matches and overheated rhetoric driving the narrative, America’s news consumers may have gotten more heat than light.
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Aug 13, 2009 - Last week, for the first time in two months, the most discussed news story on Twitter was something other than unrest in Iran. Instead, it was Twitter itself and the outage the site faced on August 6. In the blogosphere, attention was focused on an unusual lawsuit. And on YouTube, the top videos involved rising political temperatures in the dog days of summer.
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Aug 11, 2009 - Last week, the health care debate remained the lead story as talk hosts argued about whether the confrontations between protestors and politicians were genuine or choreographed. And thanks to a dramatic prisoner release in North Korea, a former president made almost as much news as the current one.
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Aug 06, 2009 - The conversation in the blogosphere last week focused on two stories that challenged conventional wisdom about healthy food. On Twitter, the protests in Iran dominated at a level not seen since the unrest began in mid-June. And the most-viewed news video featured some on-air cable flirting.
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Aug 04, 2009 - The polarizing debate over health care policy was the No. 1 story for the second week in a row—with much of the coverage focused on the implications for Barack Obama. Meanwhile, economic news took a turn for the optimistic and the “birthers” got 15 minutes (and maybe more) in the media spotlight.
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Jul 30, 2009 - While the mainstream press focused on the health care battle last week, the online conversation centered on sobering survey results for President Obama. Bloggers also jumped into the racially charged “Skip” Gates case. Iran was again the hot Twitter topic and a confrontation between David Beckham and angry soccer fans led on YouTube.
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Jul 28, 2009 - With the political battle over health care legislation intensifying in Washington, that subject generated its highest level of coverage, by far, last week. But a remark by the president at the end of his health care press conference quickly changed the news agenda.
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Jul 23, 2009 - Contrary to the mainstream media focus on the Sotomayor confirmation hearings last week, social media reflected a very different news agenda. On blogs, Sarah Palin’s political future and views on energy policy dominated. On Twitter, Iran led the conversation for a fifth week in a row. And on YouTube, a controversy over a photo of President Obama was resolved.
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Jul 21, 2009 - As has been the case since his death, Michael Jackson dominated the headlines last week—with his July 7 memorial service as the major newsmaker. And while the struggling economy continued to generate attention, the No. 3 story was the ongoing press buzz over the outgoing Alaska Governor.
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Jul 16, 2009 - For social media, it was a week of pick your platform. Twitter remained intensely focused on the situation in Iran. YouTube was overwhelmingly devoted to Michael Jackson’s passing. And the blogosphere was more divided overall but led with Sarah Palin’s surprise announcement.
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Jul 14, 2009 - As has been the case since his death, Michael Jackson dominated the headlines last week—with his July 7 memorial service as the major newsmaker. And while the struggling economy continued to generate attention, the No. 3 story was the ongoing press buzz over the outgoing Alaska Governor.
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Jul 09, 2009 - After an initial wave of nostalgia over the death of Michael Jackson, social media moved on to other matters last week. Unlike the traditional press, which remained fixated on the life and death of the King of Pop, that story all but vanished from the links in both blog and twitter posts.
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Jul 07, 2009 - In a week when the U.S. withdrew in Iraq and attacked in Afghanistan, when the governor of California declared an economic emergency and the governor of Alaska stepped down, it was Michael Jackson who drove the news agenda.
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Jul 02, 2009 - Michael Jackson and Neda Agha-Soltan had little in common in life. But together last week their deaths in Los Angeles and Tehran consumed the blogosphere and became emblematic of the flow and character of modern communication.
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Jun 30, 2009 - Even by midweek, the media had begun to shift focus from protests in Iran to a political sex scandal in South Carolina. But all that was before the death of the best-selling recording artist whose troubled life and pioneering music made him an icon. By the time the week ended, focus on Michael Jackson’s passing overwhelmed all other media stories.
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Jun 25, 2009 - The protests in Iran consumed blogs and social media last week. Web users disseminated information, organized and demonstrated solidarity with protestors. In addition to tracking the blogosphere, this week’s New Media Index takes a look at Twitter and the explosion of tweets about Iran.
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Jun 23, 2009 - The intensifying protests and political ferment inside Iran eclipsed some major domestic stories in the U.S. news agenda last week. And as the mainstream press confronted daunting restrictions on coverage, an outpouring of social media reports—but not all from Twitter—helped drive the Iran narrative.
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Jun 18, 2009 - Bloggers and social media were consumed with two events in the last week that triggered an online debate about political extremism—one in Europe and one in Washington D.C. And the most-viewed news video on YouTube was the start of a feud between David Letterman and Sarah Palin.
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Jun 16, 2009 - The economy, a hate crime, health care and Detroit’s problems all competed for attention in last week’s news landscape. But a presidential vote in Iran commanded much of the late-week coverage, as the press focused on a nation it often tends to ignore.
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Jun 11, 2009 - The shooting of a controversial abortion provider triggered far more attention in social media last week than in the mainstream press, with advocates on both sides of the polarizing issue weighing in on the implications. Meanwhile, the most viewed news video on YouTube put the spotlight on an unlikely overnight sensation.
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Jun 09, 2009 - Several big events vied for the attention of the media last week. But for the second time in two months, a major overseas presidential foray topped the news agenda when it demonstrated Barack Obama’s dramatically different approach to foreign policy.
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Jun 04, 2009 - Over the last two months the issue of same-sex marriage has become the hottest topic in the blogosphere, generating far more attention than in the mainstream media. Last week it was the California court ruling upholding the state’s gay marriage ban that dominated the conversation, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Jun 02, 2009 - Sotomayor was the first person to exceed Obama as the lead newsmaker since his inauguration; 40% of the stories about Sotomayor's nomination referenced her ethnicity.
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May 29, 2009 - In a week in which no single event dominated blogs and social media, the results of a California referendum and the shooting of an up-and-coming rapper led the online conversation. And on YouTube, former Governor and pro wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura stepped into the debating ring.
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May 27, 2009 - In the last several weeks, terrorism has topped the news agenda more often than the economic crisis. As last week’s dueling Cheney-Obama speeches showed, that’s what happens when a hot-button topic becomes the Beltway’s primary political fault line.
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May 21, 2009 - As was the case with the mainstream media, interrogation techniques and the President’s reversal on the release of prisoner photos led the blogosphere conversation last week. And performances at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner created a stir both in the blogosphere and on YouTube.
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May 19, 2009 - As attention to the economy dropped, the nation’s anti-terrorism policies dominated the news agenda for the second time in the past month. Since last month’s release of the controversial interrogation memos, coverage of an issue that had generated only sporadic coverage has jumped dramatically.
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May 14, 2009 - Bloggers and social media balanced their attention last week among a wide array of subjects that differed dramatically from top stories in the mainstream media. And a failed but bloody attack aimed at the Netherlands’ royal family dominated the most viewed news videos on YouTube.
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May 12, 2009 - A financial report card for U.S. banks returned the economic crisis to the top of the news agenda last week while the increasingly dangerous fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan also became a major story, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Meanwhile, the outbreak of swine flu coverage eased substantially.
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May 08, 2009 - Bloggers last week debated whether the worldwide swine flu outbreak was a serious public health menace or a case of excessive media hype. And Arlen Specter’s change of parties stirred a partisan debate over the state of the GOP.
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May 05, 2009 - A story that suddenly emerged from nowhere, the threat of a global influenza pandemic, sent the media into overdrive last week. From April 27 - May 3, the swine flu, or H1N1 as it officially became known, accounted for nearly one-third of the newshole (31%) studied, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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May 01, 2009 - Two hot button issues, torture and same-sex marriage, were the leading subjects sparking conversation online last week. And video of unorthodox Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle were among the most popular news material on YouTube.
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Apr 24, 2009 - Bloggers were caught up last week in two major stories: the confrontation with Somali pirates and the April 15 Tea Party protests. While widespread relief greeted the end of the pirate saga, social media split over the anti-tax protests. The most popular video, meanwhile, featured a fainting spell.
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Apr 20, 2009 - In another week with a mixed news agenda, the media provided some cautiously optimistic assessments of the troubled economy and offered some strikingly different treatment of the tax day tea party protests.
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Apr 17, 2009 - The online community was focused on two subjects that received little attention in the mainstream press last week—the debate over gay marriage and the death of a man at the G20 Summit. The most popular YouTube video featured one of the lighter moments of European summitry.
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Apr 14, 2009 - Coverage of the financial meltdown dropped to its lowest level in months last week as Somali pirates, a trip to Turkey, a deadly earthquake and a defiant missile launch dominated the news agenda. Is it a trend or an anomaly?
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Apr 10, 2009 - Bloggers and social media eschewed the economic crisis and European summitry last week to focus on a group of diverse topics ranging from journalism to political activism to environmentalism. Meanwhile the week’s most viewed YouTube video featured a trick shot from a basketball superstar.
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Apr 08, 2009 - Yes, Michelle Obama set some hearts a flutter and generated some headlines when she laid hands on the Queen last week. But most of the coverage of the President’s overseas trip focused on the same challenge he faces at home.
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Apr 03, 2009 - The economic crisis again dominated blogs and social media last week, as the conversation expanded from AIG to several different elements of the financial meltdown. And the most viewed video was an overseas variation on the same theme.
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Mar 31, 2009 - AIG rage was replaced—at least for a week—by media praise for a previous economic "villain's" bank plan.
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Mar 27, 2009 - With the AIG bonuses fueling outrage, the economic crisis received more attention from the social media last week than any other topic since PEJ began its New Media Index two months ago. And the week’s most viewed video was a casting call that turned into a stampede.
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Mar 23, 2009 - Last week, the economic meltdown generated its highest weekly level of coverage since the crisis exploded last fall. And the majority of media attention was focused on a three-letter acronym that became a four-letter word.
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Mar 20, 2009 - Bloggers last week focused on reports and predictions involving major changes to some of the country’s prominent institutions. And their verdict was mixed on whether these potentially dramatic developments were heartening or ominous.
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Mar 17, 2009 - The financial crisis dominated the news for the seventh week in a row as earmarks, bailouts, and talk of a second stimulus package helped fuel the narrative. And with Bernard Madoff heading to jail, greed and excess were recurring themes in the news.
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Mar 10, 2009 - Led by falling stock prices, the financial meltdown accounted for 43% of the newshole from March 2-8 as measured by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. That is up modestly from the previous week when the story registered at 38% of the newshole.
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Mar 06, 2009 - Bloggers expressed strong opinions on two topics last week—President Obama and Tropicana orange juice. Evaluations of Obama broke down on ideological grounds while the uproar over Tropicana’s change in packaging was about brand loyalty.
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Mar 04, 2009 - As the White House moved on a number of economic fronts last week, the financial meltdown and Obama’s big speech accounted for nearly half the news agenda. And the media distilled an unmistakable message about the direction of the new administration.
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Feb 27, 2009 - The most prominent narrative in social media online last week shifted from the stimulus bill to a critique of Obama’s first month in office. And while the economic crisis was still a large topic, a policy change at Facebook created an uproar all but missing in the mainstream press that forced the site to then change course.
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Feb 24, 2009 - Just as the stimulus fight was ending, another debate erupted last week over the President’s new housing package. And Detroit was back, once again with its hand outstretched. Another day, another storyline in the metastasizing economic meltdown.
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Feb 20, 2009 - Bloggers and the traditional media both focused heavily on the $790 billion economic stimulus package last week. But the new media news agenda also included such subjects as cheap eyewear, Catholic indulgences, and the Muppets.
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Feb 18, 2009 - The country’s financial crisis last week became the biggest story in more than three months. The Treasury Secretary got unflattering media reviews, but the press narrative turned more positive for President Obama.
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Feb 13, 2009 - Bloggers and the traditional media agreed on the two top news events last week, but with somewhat differing angles. And new media users cared a lot more about nasty winter weather in other parts of the world. In its third edition, PEJ’s New Media Index examines the most discussed news on blogs, user news sites, and other social media and compares it to the more traditional press.
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Feb 09, 2009 - Two different stories combined to create one major media narrative last week—a new President off to a shaky start.
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Feb 06, 2009 - Bloggers and the traditional media were both focused on the economy last week, but the online community was just as concerned with a Barack Obama-Rush Limbaugh feud and a practical joke involving a zombie sighting. In its second edition, PEJ’s “New Media Index” examines the most discussed news on blogs, user news sites, and other social media and compares it to the mainstream media.
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Feb 04, 2009 - One week after Barack Obama’s swearing in, the battle over a stimulus plan restored the financial meltdown to a dominant role in the news agenda and triggered early questions about the President’s political skills. In the media narrative, the honeymoon chapter seemed over before it began.
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Jan 30, 2009 - Bloggers and the mainstream media alike focused intently on one storyline last week. In its maiden edition, PEJ’s “New Media Index” examines the most discussed news on blogs, user news sites, and other social media and compares it to the mainstream media.
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Jan 28, 2009 - Barack Obama’s official transition to power swamped the news last week. And even that may understate the extent to which he commandeered the agenda, with an early edict on Gitmo and a full-court press on a stimulus package.
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Jan 13, 2009 - A number of major stories—the Gaza conflict, Blago-gate, and the faltering economy—grabbed the attention of the news media last week. But with his inauguration looming, the challenges facing the President-elect emerged as the dominant theme.
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Jan 07, 2009 - The economic crisis showed few signs of easing, a scandal-plagued governor tried to anoint a Senator, and the incoming President moved to Washington. But last week, the guns of the Middle East dominated the news agenda.
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Dec 22, 2008 - As the year drew to a close, something happened last week that hadn’t occurred all year: No single story dominated the attention of a news media that had become, increasingly, narrowly focused in 2008.
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Dec 16, 2008 - Congress voted on a Detroit bailout. The media focused on fallout from the economic meltdown. And Barack Obama rolled out a key appointment. But a Category 5 political scandal bleepin’ swamped ‘em all.
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Dec 09, 2008 - Barack Obama made headlines with some major appointments last week. But the bigger story was the deepening crises the new administration will face—a cratering economy domestically and a set of global challenges highlighted by the Mumbai terror attack.
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Nov 25, 2008 - Two questions drove last week’s media coverage, according to the News Coverage Index compiled by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. First, should the government offer a financial bailout to the hurting American auto industry? Second, what do the appointments to his cabinet say about how President-elect Obama will govern?
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Nov 18, 2008 - The big buzz surrounding the Obama transition last week was that once-fierce rival Hillary Clinton might become his Secretary of State. Meanwhile Sarah Palin, shielded from the press during the campaign, made up for lost time with a media blitz.
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Nov 11, 2008 - The campaign press declared Barack Obama’s Nov. 4 victory a culturally transforming event, but was far less certain it was a politically transforming moment. And within days, the search for lessons had yielded to speculation about the new administration.
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Nov 04, 2008 - In the final week of the campaign, both presidential candidates continued to pound away at each other’s economic policies. But as they examined the details of the last polls, the battlegrounds, and the strategy, the media had all but anointed a winner.
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Oct 28, 2008 - Colin Powell’s endorsement and Joe Biden’s gaffe were almost one-day wonders last week as the news cycle sped up in the campaign’s final days. Now, it’s battleground states and polls that seem to be capturing much of the media’s attention.
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Oct 21, 2008 - The final presidential debate was the top campaign storyline last week. And both candidates rolled out major economic packages. But perhaps the most memorable event was the media descending on an unlikely new voice of the working class.
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Oct 15, 2008 - The stock market tanked, and the candidates took citizen questions during a presidential debate. But with Election Day looming in less than a month, the media spotlight last week was trained on the hostile rhetoric heard on the campaign trail.
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Oct 07, 2008 - Coverage of the nation’s financial crisis reached new heights last week as Congress struggled to produce a bailout package. But when it came to the presidential campaign narrative, the match-up in Missouri proved more interesting to the media.
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Sep 30, 2008 - In a week in which he injected both suspense and personal dramatics into the campaign storyline, Republican John McCain was the leading newsmaker. But after a debate that the public scored differently than the press, it was Barack Obama getting the more positive headlines.
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Sep 23, 2008 - Even the Palin phenomenon took a back seat last week as a profound crisis in the financial markets dominated the headlines. In a campaign season of constantly changing storylines, will this become the dominant issue that determines the outcome?
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Sep 16, 2008 - The Republican convention may be over, but the Sarah Palin phenomenon continues to be the big campaign newsmaker. Last week, the media took a closer look at her record, she sat for her first interview, and lipstick entered the realm of political wedge issues.
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Sep 09, 2008 - Last week, John McCain formally accepted his party’s nomination for the presidency of the United States. But he was overshadowed by the press attention paid to Sarah Palin, some of which pitted the GOP campaign against much of the news media.
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Sep 03, 2008 - For much of last week, the Democrats’ effort to make peace and reintroduce Obama to voters were the focal points of campaign coverage. How much success did John McCain have in suddenly stealing the media narrative?
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Aug 26, 2008 - The critical policy issues, and almost every other element of the campaign, took a back seat to the vice-presidential selection process last week. The only other story to really break through was a flap that arose after John McCain had trouble keeping track of his real estate.
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Aug 19, 2008 - Last week, for the first time this year, an event other than the race for president was the No. 1 story. The crisis with Russia was the top story and campaign theme in a week when Barack Obama got more coverage, but John McCain may have gotten the better of it.
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Aug 12, 2008 - One week after sharing headlines equally with John McCain, Barack Obama again dominated the news last week. And even as McCain and Obama sparred over energy, the old question of what do the Clintons want generated major coverage.
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Aug 05, 2008 - For the first time since this general election campaign began in early June, Republican John McCain attracted virtually as much media attention as his Democratic rival last week.
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Jul 29, 2008 - Barack Obama’s week-long tour of world hotspots and capitals generated more coverage than any campaign event in months. But in the end, the media wondered what he had accomplished and whether they were paying too much attention.
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Jul 22, 2008 - The week began with a controversial magazine cover and speeches at the NAACP convention. By week’s end, an overseas trip by Obama fraught with potential pitfalls dominated the campaign coverage and brought the Iraq war back into focus.
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Jul 15, 2008 - Two men who are non-candidates for president drove the media story lines in the campaign last week. Jesse Jackson’s brutal remarks about Barack Obama may have helped the Democrats. Phil Gramm’s about the recession being largely mental did not help his friend John McCain.
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Jul 09, 2008 - There wasn’t much good news in the media campaign narrative for either John McCain or Barack Obama last week. The big McCain story was a staff shakeup that exposed internal problems in the campaign. Meanwhile Obama was trying to prove his patriotism, avoid charges of flip-flopping, and minimize the damage from a surrogate controversy.
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Jul 01, 2008 - Barack Obama’s efforts to heal the wounds of the primary battle and to reconcile with the Clintons were the major story lines in last week’s coverage of the Presidential campaign. And they’re a big reason why the Democratic nominee generated about twice as much coverage as did John McCain.
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Jun 24, 2008 - Barack Obama and John McCain sparred over offshore drilling and campaign financing, and former Presidential contender Al Gore generated headlines with an endorsement of Obama. But the coverage last week also focused on two people—Michelle Obama and George Bush—who may have a major impact on the outcome of the election.
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Jun 18, 2008 - In the first official week of the general election, the differences between Barack Obama and John McCain on issues ranging from the economy to Iraq constituted the media’s main campaign narrative. Together, the debates over several key issues accounted for almost one-third—29%—of the campaign newshole.
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Jun 10, 2008 - In the last official week of the long and grueling Democratic nomination battle, Barack Obama captured his party’s top prize. But it was Hillary Clinton—by providing most of the week’s suspense and drama—who proved she could still dominate the story line in defeat.
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Jun 03, 2008 - It was another dramatic week for Democrats as the party doled out Florida and Michigan delegates and Obama faced another pastor problem. But as that nominating battle winds down, the bigger news may be the increasingly heated skirmishes over Iraq between Obama and McCain.
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May 29, 2008 - What were the dominant personal narratives conveyed in media coverage of the presidential candidates? Which contenders fared best in the press and how critical was that coverage in influencing public opinion? How did those candidate story lines change over time? A new study of the 2008 primary season by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism examines these questions.
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May 28, 2008 - The new wrinkle in last week’s campaign coverage was not the Democrats’ results in Oregon and Kentucky or the flap over Hillary Clinton’s Robert Kennedy comment. It was the story of GOP hopeful John McCain finally morphing from bystander on the sidelines to newsmaker in the headlines.
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May 20, 2008 - Despite a big Hillary Clinton win in the West Virginia primary, John Edwards and George Bush helped make Barack Obama the lead campaign newsmaker last week. And they helped reinforce the idea that the Democratic primary fight was just about over.
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May 13, 2008 - After weeks of shifting campaign narratives, the results May 6 in North Carolina and Indiana results convinced many journalists and pundits that the long and grueling Democratic primary fight was finally resolved. From Tim Russert to Time magazine, the news industry last week declared Barack Obama the winner.
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May 06, 2008 - Jeremiah Wright’s media tour drove the campaign narrative last week, generating intense speculation about his motives and the impact on Barack Obama’s candidacy. In an election noted for coverage of gaffes and controversy, no story line has had as much staying power as the minister and the candidate.
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Apr 29, 2008 - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton generated a huge portion of the headlines last week as Pennsylvanians finally went to the polls. The issue of race re-emerged to play a substantial role in the media’s Democratic campaign narrative. And Republican John McCain struggled to be heard through the din.
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Apr 22, 2008 - The two Democratic contenders went at it last week, battling over Barack Obama’s “bitter” remarks at a California fundraiser and over the ABC debate that some said had too much “gotcha.” Trailing in the race for attention, John McCain saw the media examine everything from his economic policy to his temper last week.
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Apr 15, 2008 - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attracted more attention from the press than John McCain last week. But the two Democrats were often engaged in serious damage control while the GOP’s candidate was basking in some pretty positive coverage.
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Apr 11, 2008 - Two liberal radio hosts, Randi Rhodes and Ed Schultz, generated headlines and a backlash last week for their rhetoric in attacking Hillary Clinton and John McCain. And some conservative talkers see pro-Barack Obama media bias behind the calls on Clinton to withdraw.
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Apr 08, 2008 - The key media narrative last week involved growing pressure on Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the primary fight. Meanwhile, Barack Obama tried his hand at hands-on campaigning while John McCain hoped to grab the media’s attention with a tour of some old stomping grounds.
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Apr 01, 2008 - Democrats are finding out that being in the news isn’t necessarily good news. A week after Barack Obama was besieged by the Rev. Wright furor, Hillary Clinton’s memory and veracity came under fire. Does all this make John McCain the big winner?
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Mar 28, 2008 - The usually fractious fraternity of talking heads agreed on one thing -- Obama's ability to put words together. They were less unanimous about the content.
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Mar 26, 2008 - In the history of the Iraq conflict, May 24, 2007 may not go down as a red letter date; but it marked a turning point in media coverage of the third-longest war in U.S. history, according to a new analysis by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Mar 25, 2008 - John McCain and Hillary Clinton were reduced to relative obscurity last week. The media’s presidential campaign narrative instead focused on one overarching issue: could Barack Obama handle the controversy over his pastor’s racially inflammatory remarks without suffering significant political damage?
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Mar 18, 2008 - When it came to coverage, John McCain was a forgotten man compared with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But perhaps no news was good news for the GOP in a week during which the press highlighted some of the uglier divisions among Democrats.
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Mar 11, 2008 - With wins in Ohio and Texas, Hillary Clinton was the top campaign newsmaker last week. The media’s first verdict was that her aggressive attacks succeeded in stopping Barack Obama’s momentum. Their next question was whether Obama was capable of responding in kind.
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Mar 04, 2008 - Barack Obama generated more campaign coverage than Hillary Clinton in a week in which Democrats completely dominated the media narrative. But Clinton’s complaints about a journalistic tilt toward her opponent seemed to strike a responsive chord.
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Feb 26, 2008 - Obama’s big win in Wisconsin shaped the Democrats’ media narrative last week and had some pundits wondering whether Clinton was contemplating her own defeat. And why a New York Times expose about the presumptive GOP nominee may prove to be manna for McCain.
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Feb 19, 2008 - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton dominated coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign last week, but in very different ways. While Obama got a big bounce from primary wins, the Clinton campaign was besieged by bad news. Meanwhile, John McCain inched closer to inevitability.
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Feb 12, 2008 - The three candidates with the best shot at next occupying the White House all got extensive coverage in the biggest week yet for campaign news. But none of them generated the headlines he or she really wanted. And, once again, Huckabee proved that the reports of his political demise were premature
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Feb 04, 2008 - By generating more coverage than any other candidate last week, and easily outdistancing his GOP rivals, Senator John McCain rode a media narrative of near inevitability last week. Plus, Senator Ted Kennedy becomes a major newsmaker.
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Jan 29, 2008 - Although Obama's landslide win in South Carolina made him leading newsmaker of the week, he was certainly outdone in the race for media exposure by the Clinton tag team.
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Jan 23, 2008 - The two leading Democrats once again attracted more coverage than any of their GOP rivals in the race for media exposure last week. But the GOP overall tipped the scales in what became a big boost for Mitt Romney, both in Michigan and in the media.
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Jan 18, 2008 - The two biggest names in talk radio are telling their listeners how to separate the real conservatives from phonies. And some hosts seemed to “cover” the campaign by becoming part of the story.
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Jan 15, 2008 - John McCain and Hillary Clinton both walked away with crucial New Hampshire victories but the Arizona Republican trailed the New York Democrat badly in the battle for media attention. And why the media treated Mike Huckabee’s third-place finish much differently than John Edwards’.
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Dec 20, 2007 - With the apparent tightening Democratic contest between Clinton and Barack Obama, the 2008 Presidential campaign overwhelmed the talk universe last week.
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Dec 18, 2007 - The unlikely surge of former Arkansas Governor helped generate the biggest week of coverage for the presidential campaign so far in 2007. But as Huckabee is learning, some media attention is more welcome than others. Plus, the Mitchell report turns steroid abuse in baseball into a front-page story—some might say at long last.
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Dec 14, 2007 - Thanks to Mitt Romney’s big speech on his Mormon faith, the presidential race was the biggest story of the week in the talk universe last week. And while the new intelligence report on Iran sparked a lively debate, the CIA’s destruction of two terror interrogation tapes didn’t generate much interest.
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Dec 11, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: December 2 - 7, 2007
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Dec 06, 2007 - The threat of terrorism, a real estate recession, and man-made disasters all emerged as major stories in the U.S. news media in the third quarter of 2007, according to a new study of press coverage by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Dec 03, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: November 25 - 30, 2007
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Nov 19, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: November 11 - 16, 2007.
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Nov 13, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: November 4 - 9, 2007.
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Nov 08, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index for October 28 - November 2.
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Nov 08, 2007 - There isn’t much that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and liberal talker Ed Schultz agree on. But last week, the two syndicated hosts from opposite sides of the political spectrum seemed to find common ground on one hot topic—Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton.
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Nov 01, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index for October 21 - 26.
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Nov 01, 2007 - For liberal talk radio host Randi Rhodes, the rampaging wildfires in California last week presented an opportunity to remind listeners of another natural disaster—and not one of the Bush administration’s finest moments.
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Oct 25, 2007 - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s return from exile was big news for surfers checking the MSNBC Web site on Oct. 18.
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Oct 25, 2007 - It may have been the biggest Manhattan media mugging mystery since the 1986 attack on Dan Rather, the notorious incident in which his assailant reportedly asked: “Kenneth, what’s the frequency?”
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Aug 23, 2007 - The 2008 Presidential campaign -- with its crowded field and accelerated timetable --emerged as the leading story in the American news media in the second quarter of 2007, supplanting the policy debate over Iraq.
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Aug 23, 2007 - News Coverage Index for the week of August 12-17 2007.
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Jun 24, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index for June 17-22.
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Jun 17, 2007 - News Coverage Index for the week of June 10-15 2007.
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Jun 14, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index : June 3 - 8, 2007.
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Jun 04, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: May 27 - June 1, 2007.
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Jun 01, 2007 - The first News Coverage Index Quarterly Report.
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May 29, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: May 20 - 25, 2007.
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May 21, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: May 13 - 18, 2007.
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May 14, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: May 6 - 11, 2007.
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May 09, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: April 29 - May 4, 2007.
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May 02, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: April 22 - 27, 2007
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Apr 17, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: April 8 - 13, 2007.
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Apr 16, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: April 15 - 20, 2007.
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Apr 12, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: April 1 - 6, 2007.
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Apr 05, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: March 25-30, 2007.
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Mar 27, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: March 18 - 23, 2007.
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Mar 22, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: March 11 - 16, 2007.
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Mar 15, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: March 4 - 9, 2007.
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Mar 09, 2007 - PEJ’s News Coverage Index: Feb. 25-March 2, 2007.
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Mar 01, 2007 - PEJ's News Coverage Index: Feb. 18 - 23, 2007.
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Feb 22, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Feb. 11-16, 2007.
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Feb 15, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Feb. 4 - 9, 2007.
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Feb 07, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Jan. 28 - Feb. 2, 2007.
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Jan 31, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Jan. 21 - 26, 2007.
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Jan 23, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Jan. 14 - 19, 2007.
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Jan 15, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Jan. 7 - 12, 2007.
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Jan 09, 2007 - PEJ News Coverage Index: Dec. 31, 2006 - Jan. 5, 2007.
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