D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
July 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. It's all Spaceport, all the time, as the long-awaited groundbreaking blasts the governor back into first place.
- (2) Gov. Bill Richardson — 1,417 hits (up)
- (4) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 544 hits (up)
- (5) Virgin Galactic — 474 hits (up)
- (-) Spaceport America — 459 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico spaceport — 381 hits (up)
- (-) Richard Branson + New Mexico — 234 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico border fence — 205 hits (up)
- (3) New Mexico Border Patrol — 155 hits (down)
- (7) New Mexico + death penalty — 147 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico illegal immigration — 110 hits (up)