D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
February
2009
The Tumbleweeds Top 10
Who and what's been making news from New Mexico this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com), which tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (trends noted are vs. last month's total hits; * indicates new to the list). Number in parenthesis indicates last month's Top 10 rank. Who could have guessed we'd still have Bill Richardson in Santa Fe — and the inspiration for a couple of new Top 10 entries?
- (1) Gov. Bill Richardson — 11,397 hits (up)
- (-) Gov. Bill Richardson + "pay to play" — 1,936 hits*
- (4) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 919 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico + ethics — 411 hits*
- (3) Gov. Bill Richardson + secretary of commerce — 273 hits (down)
- (2) Virgin Galactic — 266 hits (down)
- (7) Former Sen. Pete Domenici — 180 hits (down)
- (9) Sen. Tom Udall — 89 hits (up)
- (5) Lt. Gov. Diane Denish — 88 hits (down)
- (8) New Mexico spaceport — 58 hits (down)