100 Days of Gushing Oil – Media Analysis and Quiz

100 Days of Gushing Oil – Media Analysis and Quiz

• Overview
• A different kind of disaster story
• The breaking news never went away
• BP fared worse than the Obama White House
• If BP was the bad guy, no protagonist emerged
• The spill was a TV story, but different on cable vs. network
• In social media, less attention but lots of skepticism
• Using the web to try to tell a complex story
• The public was fascinated
• About this Report
• Topline

The Media Quiz

PEJ News Coverage Index: A Tough Economy and a Plugged Leak Top the News

PEJ New Media Index: An Altered BP Photo Leads the Blogosphere

PEJ News Coverage Index: With New Hope for Containment, the Gulf Spill Leads

PEJ News Coverage Index:The Gulf Disaster Becomes a Beltway Story

PEJ New Media Index: The Oil Saga Spills into Social Media

PEJ News Coverage Index

PEJ New Media Index

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