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Islam Dominates Media Coverage of Religion

Malia Schilling |
February 25, 2011 | 9:12 p.m. PST

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Media coverage of religion in 2010 was dominated by Islamic topics, especially the controversy over plans to build a mosque near ground zero. A Pew Research Study analyzed 50,508 stories from newspaper front pages, home pages of major news websites, the first half hour of network and cable television news programs and the first half hour of radio news and talk shows. It found these results:

 

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