Project for Excellence in Journalism While the nation's fiscal health has been shaky for some time, the economy has often been relegated to secondary status as a campaign storyline, writes
Mark Jurkowitz. The financial crisis was, predictably, last week's top story -- marking only the second time this year that an event other than the campaign emerged as the No. 1 topic of the week.
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"Campaign-obsessed press never saw Wall Street calamity coming"
