Obama Central to Online News Narrative

According to the New Media Index of Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, President Barack Obama was the central figure in two of the three most linked to stories by blogs and social media sites the week of Feb. 23-27. The most frequent postings, at 15% of the embedded links, stemmed from new polls showing strong public support for the President. Following close behind, at 14%, was debate over Obama's sweeping $3.6 trillion budget proposal.