Measuring News Interest Week of October 21-26 Percent who followed this story very closely Percent who named story as their most closely followed
In other news last week, 28% of the public followed the situation in Iraq very closely, unchanged from the previous week. Only 12% listed the Iraq war as their most closely followed story of the week as most attention was focused on the California wildfires.
One-in-five Americans followed the World Series very closely and 10% listed this as their most closely followed story. The national media devoted 2% of its overall coverage to the World Series.
Measuring News Interest  | Week of October 21-26  | 40  | California fires  | 46  | 28  | Situation in Iraq  | 20  | World Series  | 10  | 21 9  | 2008 Campaign  | 26  | US-Iran tensions  | 5  | 2  | Iraq policy  | Percent who followed this story very closely  | Percent who named story as their most closely followed 