D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
June 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. Politics and the border heat up!
- (1) Gov. Bill Richardson — 1,374 hits (down)
- (5) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 839 hits (up)
- (2) New Mexico budget — 428 hits (down)
- (10) New Mexico illegal immigration — 348 hits (up)
- (4) New Mexico + Border Patrol — 319 hits (up)
- (3) Virgin Galactic — 207 hits (up)
- (7) New Mexico wolves — 162 hits (up)
- (8) Sen. Tom Udall — 104 hits (up)
- (-) Steve Pearce — 96 hits (up)
- (-) Rep. Harry Teague — 66 hits (up)
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