In this twenty-second survey of the web, The WAWG Index monthly average was down by 19.2 percent from July 2007. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 13 were down and only 1 was up. The largest decrease for August, 88 percent, was for “fraudulent elections.†The only increase was for “military supremacy/avid militarism†at 17 percent.
Through August, the 12 month group moving average for all fourteen categories was down to 13.1 from 15.5 percent last month. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 5 were up and 9 were down the from the last 12 month period.