In the military, they sometimes read merely the volume of radio traffic, rather than specific messages, to see where the nerve centers are located. On the internet, sometimes where the volume lies can be of interest. Looking at the Google News page, we find these statistics:
Condi Rice warns Iran: 3958 articles
Guantanamo: 2468 articles
Obama on the cover of the New Yorker: 2378 articles
British Open: 2036 articles
Zimbabwe: 1606 articles
Batman box-office: 1499 articles
Obama turns up in Basra: 1443 articles
Hurricane Dolly: 1003 articles
Jesse Jackson's mouth: 900 articles
B52 crashes off Guam: 667 articles
Alzheimers research: 323 articles
BofA earnings: 156 articles
Facebook: 72 articles
Mixed-race Americans like Obama: 50 articles
Salmonella and tomatoes: 33 articles
Rico says it just goes to show what's important to the American people, don't it? (Though he's surprised that Zimbabwe did so well and Facebook did so poorly; a reflection of the media's interest, not the public's, he suspects.)
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