---
title: "News Interest Index"
description: "Report Summary Two momentous news stories engaged the attention of a majority of the American public over the past four weeks. Nearly three in four Americans (73%) followed very closely news about the destruction caused by the San Francisco earthquake while half the public (50%) followed closely the recent news about the opening of the […]"
date: "1989-11-01"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1989/11/01/attitudes-toward-news-organization/"
categories:
  - "Media Industry"
  - "News Coverage"
---

# News Interest Index

## Report Summary

Two momentous news stories engaged the attention of a majority of the American public over the past four weeks. Nearly three in four Americans (73%) followed very closely news about the destruction caused by the San Francisco earthquake while half the public (50%) followed closely the recent news about the opening of the Berlin Wall.