Over 4,000 articles mentioning First Minister, Alex Salmond, have been published to date this year, according to a survey undertaken by the charity, Media Standards Trust.
Across 21 media outlets – including The Herald, Scotland on Sunday, The Scotsman and BBC News Online – Salmond finished ninth in a list of the Top 15 Politicians, behind No.1, David Cameron, and above No.10, Boris Johnson. But his 4,176 mentions was eclipsed by Scots tennis star, Andy Murray, who made the most appearances among sports stars, at 4,909.
The 15 most-covered UK politicians:
David Cameron: 29,803 articles
George Osborne: 12,366 articles
Nick Clegg: 9,291 articles
Ed Miliband: 8,353 articles
Tony Blair: 6,486 articles
Gordon Brown: 5,665 articles
William Hague: 4,991 articles
Vince Cable: 4,495 articles
Alex Salmond: 4,176 articles
Boris Johnson: 3,854 articles
Theresa May: 3,646 articles
Ed Balls: 3,443 articles
Liam Fox: 3,060 articles
Michael Gove: 2,924 articles
Kenneth Clarke: 2,717 articles
Top 12 most-covered sports stars:
Andy Murray 4,909 articles
Fernando Torres 4,208 articles
John Terry 4,049 articles
Rio Ferdinand 3,849 articles
Carlos Tevez 3,621 articles
David Beckham 3,463 articles
Andy Carroll 3,411 articles
Lewis Hamilton 3, 214 articles
Ryan Giggs 3,180 articles
Rory McIlroy 3,096 articles
Rafael Nadal 3,047 articles
Tiger Woods 2,952 articles
