Continuing Growing Interest in Oil Leak Growing News Coverage
As efforts to stop a major underwater oil leak faltered and President Obama traveled to Louisiana to assess the early damage, the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico grabbed public attention and dominated media coverage last week.
More than half of Americans (55%) say they followed news about the oil leak very closely. Close to six-in-ten (58%) say they followed this news more closely than any other major story, according to the latest News Interest Index survey, conducted May 27-30 among 1,001 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. One week earlier, 47% said they were following news about the leak very closely.
Continuing Growing Interest in Oil Leak  | Growing News Coverage  | 58  | 55  | 46  | 44  | 38  | 20  | 18  | 17  | 16  | 5M 6 5123 5130  | 4125  | 512  | 519  | Percent who followed very closely  | Percent of coverage 