News Index: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all the PEJ News Coverage Indexes. They are published below in chronological order, but our archive is also searchable. Use the key word search on the left to find reports about specific news events.
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: June 14, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: June 8, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: June 1, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 24, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 17, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 10, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 3, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 26, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 19, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 12, 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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