A map that shows by size of each state the level of news coverage by examining datelines from about 72,000 wire-service news stories published from 1994 to 1998.
Oklahoma dwarfs Kansas and all of the High Plains states and is nearly as large as Texas, but note that the survey is based on stories printed in 1994-98, a period that included the Oklahoma city bombing and its aftermath. In the same way, events likely skewed results for Colorado due to the Columbine school massacre, and Georgia, which hosted the 1996 Olympics. The blogger also theorizes that CNN’s Atlanta headquarters could artificially boost Georgia dateline frequency.
Don Mecoy
Business News