Big Surprise: Anna Nicole Dominated TV “News”

“In just two days, Smith’s demise consumed 21 percent of all programming monitored by PEJ on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel for the week – including a mind-boggling 50 percent Thursday (the day she died) and Friday. Policy debate over Iraq and the ’08 presidential race came in second and third at 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively, over the week, according to PEJ’s News Coverage Index from Feb. 4 to 9.”