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reportJan 4, 2012

The Santorum Surge Story Comes True

In the days before Iowans finally caucused, the news media were most focused on the shifting horse race that foreshadowed Rick Santorum’s strong late showing, according to a PEJ analysis of the leading themes in the Iowa press narrative.
reportJan 4, 2012

Religion and the 2012 Iowa Republican Caucuses

Polling conducted as voters entered the 2012 Iowa caucuses shows a clear split between born-again evangelical Christians, who favored Rick Santorum, and other voters, who favored Mitt Romney.
short readsJan 3, 2012

Public Mood about Jobs and the Economy: Before the 2008 Election and Now

As the 2008 election approached, the public mood about the economy was not very good, but it was better than it is today. At that time, about half (48%) of Americans said jobs were difficult to find, a number that increased to 79% in 2011.
reportJan 1, 2012

Data: Year in the News 2011

Follow the steps in this interactive to select among media sectors and news coverage categories. The data are based on more than 48,000 stories analyzed in PEJ’s News Coverage Index for the year.
featureJan 1, 2012

2011: A Year in the News

Follow the steps in this interactive to select among media sectors and news coverage categories. The data are based on more than 48,000 stories analyzed in PEJ’s News Coverage Index for the year.
reportDec 31, 2011

Obama’s Grade In Foreign Policy 2011: ’Incomplete’
reportDec 31, 2011

The year when the Chinese economy will truly eclipse America’s is in sight
short readsDec 29, 2011

The Year of the Mega Story: bin Laden Killed

The biggest one-week story of the year was the May 1 killing May of Osama bin Laden by Navy Seals, which filled 69% of that week’s newshole. It was the biggest weekly story ever measured by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism since they began tracking coverage in January 2007.
short readsDec 29, 2011

Many Say Intense Iowa Coverage is “Too Much”

Following the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses four years ago, 40% of Americans said that the amount of press coverage it received was too much.
reportDec 29, 2011

Bloggers Argue over the 2011 “Lie of the Year”

On blogs, PolitiFact’s decision to call out Democrats for lying about GOP plans for Medicare led to a heated political argument. And on YouTube, viewers were fascinated by the public outpouring from North Korean citizens following the death of Kim Jong Il.