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    Geithner’s Plan Drives the Economic Narrative

    Another aspect of the financial crisis took center stage last week as the storyline moved from the AIG bonuses to Tim Geithner’s plan for “toxic assets” in the financial sector. The verdict is far from final, but Geithner seemed to at least stem a recent run of negative news.

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    Focus Shifts Overseas as Economic News Recedes

    Coverage of the financial meltdown dropped to its lowest level in months last week as Somali pirates, a trip to Turkey, a deadly earthquake and a defiant missile launch dominated the news agenda. Is it a trend or an anomaly?

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    Gen X: Online Grown-Ups

    Two-thirds of those ages 33 to 44 do their banking online and 80% have gone shopping on the internet.

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    Tone

    The most striking difference in Obama’s media narrative is the degree to which he has enjoyed considerably more positive press than either of his predecessors at the beginning of their first terms. Overall, positive stories outnumbered negative ones by better than two-to-one (42% to 20%). Another 38% were neutral or mixed. For both President Bush […]

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    About the Survey

    ABOUT THE VALUES SURVEY DATA The values project draws on a series of large national surveys conducted since 1987. The project was initiated by the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press in 1987 and continued by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press since 1996. Over this period, 14 […]

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    Lessons from the 2009 Global Attitudes Survey

    EVENT TRANSCRIPT At a briefing for journalists at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2009, Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut, joined by Pew Global Attitudes Project co-chairs former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Sen. John C. Danforth, described the major findings from the latest Pew Global […]

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    The Internet’s Role in Campaign 2008

    A majority of American adults went online in 2008 to keep informed about political developments and to get involved with the election.