A look at news in numbers

Percent of television viewers age 18 – 49 who sit through the commercials when watching programs recorded on DVR

368

Drop in the number of personnel employed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources since 1995

Numbers of positions currently unfilled that are funded by money from licenses and fees

Percent of the DNR’s budget supported by license fees from hunters, anglers and trappers

Percent of all news coverage that touched on the war in Afghanistan in 2008

Number of Barack Obama’s top 47 fundraisers who have secured posts in his administration

Number of Obama’s 600 total fundraisers who have been named to government positions

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; On the Media; USA TODAY