By the Numbers
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11,000
Workers that Michigan has cut from state government since 2000
8
Number of prisons Michigan has closed since 2000
$25 billion
Estimated cost of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, widely known as the bailout
$40 million
The amount that Wells Fargo collected in additional overdraft fees annually by processing transactions in order of largest to smallest amounts, rather than when they were made, beginning in 2002
80
Percent of traffic at the top 4,600 news and information sites that went to the top 7 percent of websites last year
11
Percent of Internet users who use more than six websites to get their news
22.3
Million viewers who tune in to network evening newscasts each weeknight
4
Million viewers who tune in to cable news at any given moment during prime time
50
Percent, the size of network news staffs today compared to their 1980s peak
Sources: Washington Post; ProPublica; journalism.org