News Interest vs. News Coverage News Interest Economy
Americans focused most closely last week on economic news amid continued reports about the weakness of the recovery, while the media gave the most coverage to the scandal involving New York Rep. Anthony Weiner.
About a quarter of the public (23%) says the economy was their top story of the week, according to the latest News Interest Index survey conducted June 9-12 among 1,002 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. By comparison, 13% say they most closely followed news about Weiner’s admission that he sent sexually suggestive photos and messages to several women online.
In that regard, most Americans (63%) say news organizations are giving too much coverage to the scandal involving the Democratic lawmaker. Weiner’s troubles accounted for 17% of coverage, according to a separate analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ). News about the economy made up 11% of the newshole.
News Interest vs. News Coverage  | News Interest  | News Coverage  | Economy  | 23  | 11  | Rep. Anthony Weiner  | 13  | 17  | Arizona wildfires  | 11  | 2012 elections  | 8  | Libya  | Yemen  | 3  | News interest Research shows the percentage for the ofpeople who say they followed 9-12, 2011, this story most  | closely, Pew Research Center percentage for the People 8 who the Press, June 9-12, 2011, story News  | coverage shows the Project percenta ge of Illence news coverage lism, devoted to each story, Pew  | coverage Research Center's Project percenta for ge Exce Illence coverage in Journa lism, June 6-12, story, 2011, 