During the week of her nomination, Sotomayor was at the center of 14 percent of all news stories -- twice as much coverage as anyone other than President Obama since his inauguration, according to Pew. The president himself generated 7 percent of the news stories, his lowest showing since taking office. (Click here to see a list of the outlets included in the index and here for its methodology).

Newspaper and online coverage of the nomination went from 15 and 18 percent (respectively) the first week, to less than 5 percent the next, to nothing the next two weeks. Cable TV has been more attentive to the story, giving it 35 percent of its news hole the first week, but those numbers have dropped as well -- to 8 percent, then 3 percent and then nothing last week.