Percent following each Which one story did you
About a third (34%) say they followed stories about the continued attempts by pirates to hijack ships more closely than any other story last week, while 27% say they followed stories about the U.S. economy most closely. More than half of the public (52%) says they followed economic news very closely, while about four-in-ten (41%) say they followed news about the pirates very closely.
About one-in-ten (9%) say they followed the tea party protests more closely than any other story, while just more than a quarter (27%) say they followed the protests very closely.
Some 17% of Americans say they followed news about Obama’s travels to Mexico and Latin America last week very closely, while 6% say that was the story they followed most closely. PEJ reported this week that Obama’s trip to Mexico accounted for 3% of the newshole. The analysis did not include Obama’s second stop in Trinidad.
Two-in-ten say they followed news about Obama lifting certain restrictions on travel to Cuba; 3% say this was the story they followed most closely. Stories about Cuba, including changes in U.S. policies toward the island nation, made up 2% of the newshole.
Measuring News Interest  | Percent following each  | Which one story did you  | story "very closely"  | fo low most closely"?  | 27  | Economy 52  | 34  | Pirates 41  | 9 6 3  | Tea parties  | 27  | 17  | Obama abroad  | Cuba policy  | 20  | CIA memos  | 17 