---
"title": "Timeline: Top News Stories of 2012"
"description": "Here’s a look at the public’s top 15 news stories of 2012, according to Pew Research Center’s News Interest Index."
"date": "2012-12-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Andrea Caumont"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2012/12/20/timeline-top-news-stories-of-2012/"
"categories":
  - "News Content Analysis"
  - "News Coverage"
---

# Timeline: Top News Stories of 2012

Here’s a look at the public’s top 15 news stories of 2012, according to Pew Research Center’s [News Interest Index](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2012/12/20/election-tragedies-dominate-top-stories-of-2012/).

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