Measuring News Interest Week of July 28 August 3 Ted Stevens
Roughly one-in-four Americans (27%) followed news about the Iraq war very closely and 11% listed this as their most closely followed story for the week. News about an earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area attracted the very close attention of 17% of the public. Predictably, residents of the West Coast followed the story more closely than residents of other regions of the country. The earthquake, which caused little damage last week, received 2% of all news coverage.
Measuring News Interest  | Week of July 28 August 3  | Economy  | 30  | 30  | 2008 Campaign  | 27  | 27  | Situation in Iraq  | 11  | 13  | Beijing Olympics  | LA earthquake  | Ted Stevens  | Percent who followed this story very closely  | Percent who named story as their most closely followed 