We're noticing a changing pattern in the news coverage of Governor Cuomo's scandals. Over the last month, many news outlets publishing the latest breaking stories in Cuomoland more during the work week (Monday through Friday) than they do on weekends.
That's a shift from the preceding months of the Cuomo scandals. We think that represents two things:
- Several news outlets have begun taking their coverage of the Cuomo scandals more seriously. We're seeing this effect play out through their publishing new stories in the higher circulation/higher viewership period of the work week.
- Greater involvement of federal and state government entities investigating the scandals in driving developing news stories. These stories often originate with government employees who don't work on weekends, which results in these stories being concentrated during the work week.
The changing pattern in the timing of when Cuomo scandal news comes out in the press was really driving home in the preceding week, where we had a steady drumbeat on Monday through Thursday, capped off by a significant increase in stories on Friday, 21 May 2021, followed by virtually nothing new being reported on Saturday.
Now on Sunday, we're catching up with the latest editorials on the Cuomo scandals, following the new pattern for news coverage. Not that we're complaining; we enjoyed having a very rare day off yesterday! But for those of you who have become regular readers, we want you to know it's not your imagination - there really weren't any new stories breaking on Saturday, 22 May 2021!
