D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
August 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. A slow news month vaults politicos into the headlines, while we switch from watching "Steve Pearce + governor" to "Steve Pearce + Congress" (tied for #11.)
- (1) Gov. Bill Richardson — 503 hits (down
- (3) Virgin Galactic — 203 hits (down)
- (2) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 185 hits (down)
- (-) Sen. Tom Udall — 112 hits (up)
- (-) Rep. Harry Teague — 78 hits (up)
- (5) New Mexico spaceport — 53 hits (down)
- (-) New Mexico + ethics — 49 hits (up
- (4) Spaceport America — 48 hits (down)
- (-) Lt. Gov. Diane Denish — 46 hits (up)
- (8) New Mexico Border Patrol — 44 hits (down)