King seeks to benefit from hearings
Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) is fundraising on the basis of his controversial hearings on Muslim radicalization in America, blasting out an email Friday boasting that the Pew Research Center found those hearings were the "#2 Religion Story of 2011."
The email linked to the Pew report -- which confirmed his boast -- and said, "For a single congressional hearing, the King event was a big story, filling 5% of the newshole -- the total space and time devoted to news coverage -- for the week of March 7-13, enough to make it the fourth-biggest story of the week."
But the Pew report also added some context to King coming in second to stories about religion in the presidential race: He faced slim competition. "Religion," the report said, "accounted for 0.7 percent of all mainstream media coverage studied in 2011, down from 2.0 percent in 2010." -- Tom Brune
Sarra Sounds Off Ep. 35: EI baseball, girls lacrosse and plays of the week On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," we look at East Islip baseball's inspirational comeback story, Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week and Tess Ferguson breaks down the top defensive players in girls lacrosse.
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