Numbers: Our Data Library
This library contains all data PEJ creates or collects about the news media. The selections below will appear as charts you can customize. Use the menus on the left to filter the data according to your interests.
| | Date Posted: September 1, 2010 | | The recent flooding in Pakistan, while a tragedy of massive proportions,
has generated less than robust coverage in the U.S. mainstream press.
The deadly earthquake in Haiti easily generated the most attention of
any overseas disaster in 2010, but which other events have generated
significant coverage this year?
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| | Date Posted: August 18, 2010 | | Michelle Obama’s recent vacation in Spain—and a mini-controversy over whether she should have embarked on such an expensive trip during tough economic times—generated some news last week and raised an interesting question. When do the news media devote coverage to the First Lady? And why?
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| | Date Posted: August 11, 2010 | | Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan by a vote of 63-37. Though she got fewer votes, Kagan’s nomination to the High Court generated far less media attention than Sonia Sotomayor’s one year earlier. PEJ examines the wide disparity in coverage of the president’s first two appointments to the Court.
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| | Date Posted: July 28, 2010 | | The forced resignation of USDA staffer Shirley Sherrod, which occurred after a misleading video portrayed her remarks at an NAACP gathering as racist, generated significant attention last week. Indeed, it was the fourth-biggest story involving race since PEJ began tracking media coverage in 2007. Which other stories in that time frame top the list?
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| | Date Posted: July 21, 2010 | | The 2010 election cycle has been steadily gaining media attention as the elections draw closer. Races involving Washington insiders, tea party loyalists and surprise nominees—as well as speculation about a possible GOP takeover of the House of Representatives—have been among the key storylines. How has 2010 campaign coverage evolved this year and exactly who and what are making news?
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| | Date Posted: July 14, 2010 | | The highly anticipated Washington meeting last week between President Barack Obama and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu generated plenty of attention in the American press. The Israeli leader has often been in the news this year. But which other international leaders have attracted significant attention from the U.S. media so far in 2010?
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| | Date Posted: July 8, 2010 | | The international soccer competition in South Africa has certainly generated attention from the mainstream U.S. news media. But in the past week, that coverage has been on a sharp downward trajectory. How has the U.S. press covered the global games and what accounts for the drop-off?
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| | Date Posted: June 30, 2010 | |
General
Stanley McChrystal’s firing and surge in media attention last week made him the
top figure among military newsmakers since January 2009. Where on the list does his former
boss and replacement, General David Petraeus, rank?
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| | Date Posted: June 23, 2010 | | It has been more than nine weeks since oil began gushing in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering America's biggest oil spill and an environmental disaster. And in that time period, the story has dominated the mainstream news agenda, topping every other subject. One other element that distinguishes the BP saga coverage is where that reporting is coming from. |
| | Date Posted: June 16, 2010 | | It has been more than eight weeks since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and began leaking enormous amounts of oil into the Gulf or Mexico. In recent weeks, this environmental and economic nightmare has become the mainstream media’s top priority, dominating the news agenda. How does coverage of this tragedy compare to other major disasters?
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