In this twenty-four survey of the web, The WAWG Index monthly average was down by 6.1 percent from September 2007. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 8 were down and 6 were up. The largest decrease for October, 29 percent, was for using scapegoats as a unifying cause. The largest increase was for avid militarism at 9 percent.
Through October, the 12 month group moving average for all fourteen categories remained negative at -5.4 percent. It was -7.3 percent last month. Of the fourteen categories tracked, all but one, media control, are negative.