Wicked Storms, Wobbly Stocks, and Wounded Soldiers Make News

WICKED STORMS, WOBBLY STOCKS, AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS MAKE NEWS
[SOURCE: Project for Excellence in Journalism]
Two dramatic breaking events and two long-simmering story lines were among a list of subjects competing for media attention in an unusually heavy news week, according to PEJ’s News Coverage Index from February 25-March 2. The breaking news stories were very different kinds of events—tornadoes in the South and a financial plunge on Wall Street. The simmering, slower developing subjects were the growing controversy about treatment of soldiers at home—for the second week running—and the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They joined two stories that typically dominate the Index—the 2008 Presidential race and the debate over Iraq policy—on the roster of top stories last week.
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