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: February 9, 2009 | | It wasn’t much of a honeymoon, at least so far. And nowhere did the discussion of the economic crisis and the new Administration seem to beat up the President more roundly than in the studios of cable talk shows and, of course, on the radio.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: February 3, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 27, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 19, 2009 | | The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 12, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 6, 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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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 29, 2008 | | The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 22, 2008 | | As 2008 drew to a close, the media’s attention was more divided than any point all year. The economy and Obama’s transition were
still top stories. But two scandals and the U.S. auto
industry also competed for coverage.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 15, 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 political scandal bleepin’ swamped ‘em all.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 8, 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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