D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
May
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. With the legislature winding down, we'd have no news at all if not for cross-border violence and Val Kilmer.
- (1) Gov. Bill Richardson — 842 hits (down)
- (-) New Mexico Border Patrol — 522 hits (up)
- (2) New Mexico + death penalty — 258 hits (down)
- (-) Val Kilmer + governor — 229 hits (up)
- (3) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 137 hits (down)
- (5) Virgin Galactic — 123 hits (down)
- (7) Sen. Tom Udall — 86 hits (down)
- (-) New Mexico illegal immigration — 63 hits (up)
- (6) New Mexico + ethics — 52 hits (down)
- (8) Lt. Gov. Diane Denish — 49 hits (down)