Tiger Woods story tops health care debate in media coverage for week that just ended (Pew)

[mcablue]

Journalism.org, an arm of the Pew group, analyzed numerous news reports from print, online, TV, cable and radio and found the following results regarding what news received the most coverage during the week that passed (November 30-December 6):



The Salahis' party crashing ways also topped health care.

This is in contrast with the news that people were most interested in, illustrated in the following chart:



69% of people surveyed by Pew said the Tiger Woods' scandal story received "too much" coverage while only 9% said the health care debate received too much coverage.

http://www.journalism.org/index_report/pej_news_coverage_index_november_30december_6_2009
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/570.pdf

[left coaster]

1. panem et circenses..

Brought to us by the corporate media machine.

[Vinnie From Indy]

5. Well put!

Must keep the mob distracted.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Diamonique]

2. This is a perfect example...

... of why our country is so fucked up. Our journalists don't practice journalism at all. They have no inclination to actually give us the information we really need.

[Cha]

3. A perfect example in a long

line of perfect examples..I totally agree.

[vegetat]

8. Unreal

!

[winyanstaz]

4. I see the unrecs are trying to hide this post.....

Proof that the American people are being controled and manipulated by msm...and that it is hard to get the real news.

[nickinSTL]

6. does anyone outside the media

really give a $#!t about Tiger Woods?

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Reason for hope

Even while the media are dishing out garbage and fluff, it's clear from the last chart that what Americans care about is actual news, not tabloid tripe. Despite their best efforts, the media can't seem to succeed in completely dumbing down the American people. We're smarter and more thoughtful than they think.

[Goldstein1984]

9. Some are, some aren't.

I worry that too many are that dumb, and I hope the smart ones make themselves very loud.

The media are audience savvy. Tiger Woods is the perfect Greek tragedy. Everybody loves to see the powerful fall because their strengths turn out to be their weaknesses.

At least Balloon Boy is history.