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If the relative frequency of Google searches related to a major news story is an indicator of overall public interest, American people were far more interested in learning about the Rove leak scandal in July of 2005 than the Foley scandal.

The graph below from Google Trends shows the number of times “rove” has been searched for relative to the number of times “foley” has been searched for on Google.

Even if you’re just a casual online news/newspaper reader or television news watcher, you certainly could not have escaped news of these scandals. What’s interesting is that people flocked to Google more in reaction to the Rove scandal than in reaction to the Foley scandal, despite the substancial coverage the Foley scandal is receiving, the proximity to the November election, and the potential that the Foley scandal will lead to the Speaker of the House resigning.