Surprise, Surprise: Blago Dominates The News
From the Pew Center for Excellence in Journalism:
The fallout from the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich filled more than a quarter of the newshole the week of Dec. 8-14—making it the biggest weekly story of 2008 unrelated to the economy or the election, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The scandal (dubbed “Blago-gate”) accounted for 28% of the newshole last week. It generated more coverage than the Russia-Georgia conflict (26% from Aug.
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