The Google Zeitgeist... statistics from google.
Think you know what people are interested in?
Well... Bob Marley was the 8'th most searched for male... that's something! Everybody loves Bob Marley.
You must peruse The 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist to know thy culture. Surely you feel Brittany is not really the most interesting woman in the English speaking world, nor that Paris Hilton is the second most... but...
"The devil take my good taste! but the rule is more interesting than the exception-- than myself, the exception!"
News Outlets
1. cnn
2. washington post
3. bbc
4. fox news
5. new york times
Update [2004-12-23 16:3:28 by pyrrho]: You are probably too busy, but I would enjoy some snide comments about our culture... don't you know a straight line when you see one?