Exposed Weiner Accounted for 17 Percent of News Coverage Last Week
According to the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, the Anthony Weiner case accounted for 17 percent of all news coverage last week. The Congressman’s uh, situation, easily beat out the second and third most-reported stories, the economy and Middle East unrest, respectively.
Despite the extended reports and Weiner acting as stupid as possible, his case failed to become the most covered political scandal since 2007:
The biggest political scandal of the last four and a half years was former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s corruption case (28%)—also known as “Blago-gate”—in which he allegedly tried to sell President Barack Obama’s former senate seat.
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