US: International news is just 11% of coverage, China most popular
Posted by Alisa Zykova on July 28, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Only around 11% of US newspaper content is focused international news, with Chinese news taking up 16.6% of the coverage, according to a study by The Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The countries that receive media coverage are, in descending order, Iraq (7.6%), Burma (7.2%), Pakistan (5.3%), Zimbabwe (5.2%), Israel (5.2%), Palestine (4.4%), Afghanistan (3.9%), Iran (2.6%), Cuba (2.2%), Russia (1.9%) and Lebanon (1.6%).
Source: Russian News and Information Agency (RIA Novosti)
The countries that receive media coverage are, in descending order, Iraq (7.6%), Burma (7.2%), Pakistan (5.3%), Zimbabwe (5.2%), Israel (5.2%), Palestine (4.4%), Afghanistan (3.9%), Iran (2.6%), Cuba (2.2%), Russia (1.9%) and Lebanon (1.6%).
Source: Russian News and Information Agency (RIA Novosti)
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