Indexes: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all PEJ 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: September 24, 2007 | | The arrest of O.J. Simpson not only conjured up memories of the famous murder trial of a dozen years ago, it also recalled the media feeding frenzy that surrounded that trial. And as was the case back in 1995, the story last week was a made-for-TV drama.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 20, 2007 | | General David Petraeus’ appearance on Capitol
Hill last week helped turn the Iraq debate into one of the biggest
talk topics of the year. The general may not have changed many minds in
Congress, but he provided talk hosts on both sides of the political spectrum
with plenty of ammunition.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 17, 2007 | | The general’s appearance before Congress last week was widely expected to be a pivot point in the political brawl over Iraq war policy. The media swarmed, but the story they told may help explain why David Petraeus’s testimony seemed, for now, to cement the status quo.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 12, 2007 | | One is a longtime senator who may be driven from
office by scandal. Another is a former senator who announced his intent to seek
the highest office in the land. Both were target-rich environments for the talk
shows last week and both took their share of lumps. This, plus Michael Savage’s
memorable Pavarotti tribute.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 10, 2007 | | The political skirmishing in advance of General Petraeus’ progress report made the Iraq debate the top story last week. And Fred Thompson’s entry helped generate coverage of the 2008 Presidential race. But a new video, a major arrest in Germany, and two mysterious men in Seattle proved why terrorism is still a major newsmaker.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: August 30, 2007 |
It’s been a while
since the debate over Iraq
policy was the nation’s top talk show topic. But the Iraq
doubters drove the suddenly re-ignited conversation on the airwaves last week.
Meanwhile, the strange saga of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and his
dog fighting operation proved a difficult topic to tackle.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: August 27, 2007 | | Two different destructive storms struck the continent and even in the dog days of summer, the presidential race continued to attract significant media interest. But several factors—an intelligence report, a senatorial statement, and a presidential analogy—all combined to re-ignite the debate over U.S. policy in Iraq.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: August 23, 2007 | | The departure of the Bush Administration’s most-polarizing adviser gave talk shows plenty to talk about last week, as hosts from the left and right assessed the White House tenure of Karl Rove. But even as the aide prepared to shuffle off to Texas, the campaign was on most hosts’ minds.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: August 20, 2007 | | With the news split between stories like the Utah Mine collapse and the resignation of Karl Rove, the leading topic in the media last week was he 2008 campaign, but only barely. And by week’s end the nations’ economic turbulence was grabbing headlines.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: August 16, 2007 | | The actual vote may be 15 months away, but a loaded campaign calendar helped make last week the biggest one so far for the 2008 presidential race in talk media. No other stories really came close. One of the biggest topics in all the talk: Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton.
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