The Project for Excellence in Journalism news coverage chart for the week of 9/16/07-9/21/07 had a familiar name on top of the list. O.J. Simpson found a way to get on top of the news cycle these many years after his trial for murder back in 1994. This time he's accused of armed robbery in a dispute over some sports memorabilia. But the coverage of this event, which led the week overall with 13% of media attention, was far from even. And if you guessed that cable news outlets drove the coverage, you'd be correct -- they gave the story a full 33% of their news hole. By contrast, on radio the sordid saga was #5/4%, and it got an even bigger yawn from newspapers, at #10/2%. On the Iraq policy front there was some ongoing discussion of the Petraeus report, fueled in part by a sideshow involving a MoveOn.org ad in the New York Times, but at 5% overall, it was way down from the previous week's 36% blanket coverage.
Story |
Overall |
Newspr |
Online |
NetTV |
CATV |
Radio |
O.J. Simpson |
13% |
2% |
8% |
15% |
33% |
4% |
Iraq events |
10% |
14% |
18% |
7% |
4% |
4% |
2008 campaign |
9% |
9% |
6% |
9% |
8% |
17% |
Iraq policy |
5% |
3% |
x |
5% |
9% |
6% |
Jena 6 |
5% |
3% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
US economy |
5% |
7% |
5% |
8% |
x |
x |
Mukasey AG nomination |
4% |
7% |
5% |
3% |
x |
4% |
Iran |
4% |
5% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
4% |
Health care |
3% |
7% |
x |
x |
x |
x |
Iraq homefront |
3% |
x |
6% |
5% |
x |
x |
Hsu fundraising scandal |
x |
5% |
x |
2% |
x |
x |
Israel/Palestine |
x |
x |
4% |
x |
x |
x |
Pakistan |
x |
x |
4% |
x |
x |
x |
FL student tasered |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
6% |
Greenspan book |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
x |
Immigration |
x |
x |
x |
x |
2% |
3% |
Domestic terrorism |
x |
x |
x |
x |
2% |
x |
Dan Rather lawsuit |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism