The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has worked with Crimson Hexagon to analyze the early coverage of the Osama Bin Laden raid, focusing on coverage in the mainstream press, the blogosphere and on Twitter/Facebook between Sunday night, May 1, and Wednesday, May 4. On Twitter and Facebook, the largest share of the conversation (19%) was the sharing of jokes, which Pew describes as “something of a national ritual and emotional outlet for momentous events from the triumphant to the tragic.” Read →