D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
May 2010
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. New Mexico news sags, but Lance Armstrong puts the Tour of the Gila in the New York Times. (Although the geography challenged Modesto Bee reported, "Lance Armstrong is returning to the Tour of the Gila in Albuquerque, NM.")
- (1) Gov. Bill Richardson — 1,556 hits (down)
- (2) New Mexico budget — 463 hits (down)
- (5) Virgin Galactic — 160 hits (down)
- (-) New Mexico + Border Patrol — 140 hits (up)
- (8) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 119 hits (down)
- (6) New Mexico + ethics — 114 hits (down)
- (4) New Mexico wolves — 106 hits (down)
- (3) Sen. Tom Udall — 98 hits (down)
- (-) Lance Armstrong + Tour of the Gila — 74 hits *
- (-) New Mexico illegal immigration — 73 hits (up)