a historic amount of press coverage?
I kept thinking to myself Self, the press is really inundating me with coverage of the Obama ascension. Then I thought Well, that’s probably normal since electing a new president is kind of a big deal. So, probably nothing to it. Via Insty, turns out, I was maybe wrong:
President Barack Obama’s inauguration generated an unprecedented 35,000 stories in the world’s major newspapers, television and radio broadcasts over the past day — about 35 times more than the last presidential swearing-in — a monitoring group said on Wednesday.
Well, Bush’s second term probably wasn’t as big of a deal since it was just more of the same. I wonder what the comparison would be in coverage to Bush’s first term. Speaking of more of the same, The Daily Show does the Hope & Change thing.
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Isn’t this completely to be expected with the increase in old media’s awareness of the Internet?
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
It SHOULD generate an unprecedented 35,000 stories in the world’s major newspapers, television and radio broadcasts—it is unprecedented that we have elected an Africa-American president, or has Insty forgotten that part.
Objectively, it is a historic election, and it is indeed world news.
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
But the stories aren’t about a black president. Seem more gratuitous hopey/changey stuff. YMMV.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:50 am
SU..the stat for Insty is worldwide..you probably aren’t being inundated with worldwide stories, but American stories. Obama becoming President was a big story worldwide both because he is black and because he’s captured the imagination of many people in the world.