Tragedy in the Mines
Grief and anger continue to rock the West Virginia town where 12 coal miners died this week in an explosion (today's top-ranked news stories). Randal McCloy, the lone survivor, is today's burstiest person, and in fact, eight of the day's burstiest people include the victims' family members and other key players in the mine tragedy. What went wrong? -- both in the mine and in the communication foul-up that followed -- is a common refrain among bloggers.
Longhorns No. 1
Could blog buzz have predicted the outcome of Wednesday's Rose Bowl? A BlogPulse trend graph shows that the Longhorns, leading up to the game, consistently created more traction that the USC Trojans, who lost 41-38:
Angry at Ralph
Scattered among today's strange news, including a dolphin wedding (No. 6 news story) and legalized mooning in Maryland (today's 12th-burstiest person), there's unusual animosity toward consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the Public Citizen group with which he's affiliated. PC's successful effort to remove the drug Cylert from the U.S. market because of liver problems has a Cylert user and the blogger at Making Light angry, hoisting her rant to the No. 10 and No. 19 positions among today's top blog posts. BlogPulse's Conversation Tracker follows the discussion.
Dave vs. Bill
Late-night host David Letterman is the sixth-most-blogged-about person today for taking on Fox News' Bill O'Reilly earlier this week. NewsBusters has a link to the video.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at January 5, 2006 11:12 AM
