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Posted November 3, 2006.
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based on our analysis of the main Google
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TIME magazine's November 6 cover said "Why this election is
all about George W. Bush". That set us thinking. Do the news
headlines accurately reflect what the public thinks are today's
big political issues.
So we searched 123,625 headlines we'd seen at Google News since
July 1 to find out which topics were mentioned the most. And here
are our top 9 topics, starting with President Bush at 7131 mentions.
1 Bush 7131
2 Iraq 5197
3 North Korea 3039
4 Foley 1687
5 Democrat 1480
6 Gay \ same-sex marriage 1281
7 Republican 947
8 stem cell 476
9 9/11 312
We're not suggesting this word count is very scientific but maybe
it's accurate. Do you think these are the hot political question
marks of the moment, in this order?
It's sobering that you could probably describe them as the age-old
issues: sex, politics and religion.
We found President Bush mentioned most often at the following sites,
starting with 163 times at ABC News. (See the full list of 721 sites
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1 ABC News 163
2 Forbes 130
3 Guardian Unlimited, UK 77
4 CBS News 71
5 Reuters 65
6 Houston Chronicle, United
States 59
7 International Herald
Tribune, France 57
8 WJLA, DC 57
9 Washington
Post 52
10 New York Times 51
Here is a recent sampling of headlines mentioning President Bush...
Sun Oct 1,
The Australian
Powell
'warned Bush
CNN International
WH: Bush 'as shocked as everyone else' at
Foley
Wed Oct 4,
MSNBC
Bush signs bill paying for new US border fence
Sun Oct 8,
Washington Post
New
Aircraft Carrier Christened In Honor of
George H.W. Bush
Wed Oct 11,
San Jose Mercury News
Bush focuses focus on diplomacy with North
Tue Oct 17,
Times Online
Bush
signs Guantanamo miltary trial law
FOX News
Bush
Declares Federal Disaster for Hawaii After
Earthquake
Wed Oct 18,
Newsday
Bush
signs a...
Sun Oct 22,
FOX News
Bush Holds Strategy Session on Iraq
Wed Oct 25,
ABC News
Bush
Says He's Concerned About Iraq
Voice of America
US
Congressional Democrats Say Bush Iraq
Policy in Disarray
Washington Times
“We’re
Not Bush!” — Dems, 2006
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Bush cautious on N. Korea nuke turnabout
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