The Pew Research Center finds that the Occupy Wall Street movement had its best week yet in news coverage.
“Last
week, the U.S. economy was the No. 1 story at 22% of the newshole, with
the majority of that coverage focused on the confrontations between
protesters, law enforcement, and the city governments that preside over
the public spaces that have become encampments. All totaled, the Occupy
Wall Street story accounted for 13% of the overall newshole during the
week of November 14-20… That coverage marked a major spike from the
week before when media attention to the protests had dropped to just 1%
of the newshole. It surpassed even the week of October 10-16, when the
protests, largely focused on income inequality, filled 10% of the
newshole as the demonstrations expanded around the country and partisans
began turning it into a major political issue.”