News Index: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all the PEJ Weekly News Indexes. They are published below in chronological order, but our archive is also searchable. Use the key word search on the left to find reports about specific news events.
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 15, 2008 | |
Congress voted on a Detroit bailout. The media focused on fallout from the economic meltdown. And Barack Obama rolled out a key appointment. But a Category 5 political scandal bleepin’ swamped ‘em all.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 8, 2008 | | Barack Obama made headlines with some major appointments last week. But the bigger story was the deepening crises the new administration will face—a cratering economy domestically and a set of global challenges highlighted by the Mumbai terror attack.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: November 24, 2008 | | The future of the automobile industry became a major component of the country’s ongoing economic problems last week, and speculation about Obama’s cabinet appointments reached a new level. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: November 17, 2008 | |
The big buzz surrounding the Obama transition last week was that once-fierce rival Hillary Clinton might become his Secretary of State. Meanwhile Sarah Palin, shielded from the press during the campaign, made up for lost time with a media blitz.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: November 10, 2008 | |
The campaign press declared Barack Obama’s Nov. 4 victory a culturally transforming event, but was far less certain it was a politically transforming moment. And within days, the search for lessons had yielded to speculation about the new administration.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: November 3, 2008 | | In the final week of the campaign, both presidential candidates continued to pound away at each other’s economic policies. But as they examined the details of the last polls, the battlegrounds, and the strategy, the media had all but anointed a winner.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 27, 2008 | | Colin Powell’s endorsement and Joe Biden’s gaffe were almost one-day wonders last week as the news cycle sped up in the campaign’s final days. Now, it’s battleground states and polls that seem to be capturing much of the media’s attention.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 20, 2008 | | The final presidential debate was the top campaign storyline last week. And both candidates rolled out major economic packages. But perhaps the most memorable event was the media descending on an unlikely new voice of the working class.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 14, 2008 | | The stock market tanked, and the candidates took citizen questions during a presidential debate. But with Election Day looming in less than a month, the media spotlight last week was trained on the hostile rhetoric heard on the campaign trail.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 6, 2008 | | Coverage of the nation’s financial crisis reached new heights last week as Congress struggled to produce a bailout package. But when it came to the presidential campaign narrative, the match-up in Missouri proved more interesting to the media.
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