News Interest vs. News Coverage Health care reform 27
Coverage of the health care debate filled 11% of the newshole last week, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ). The Fort Hood shootings received more coverage (20%), while 21% of the public followed the investigation into the killings more closely than any other news in the week following the Nov. 5 rampage.
News Interest vs. News Coverage  | Health care reform 27  | Fort Hood shootings 21  | 20  | 19  | Swine flu  | 11  | Economy  | 15  | Afghanistan  | Obama's Asia trip  | Interest: percent who named story as most closely followed  | Coverage: percent of news coverage devoted to story 