PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 16 - 22, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	53%
2	Pakistan	3
3	Obama Administration	3
4	Natasha Richardson Death	2
5	Obama Appears on the Tonight Show	2
6	NCAA Basketball Tournament	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Iran	1
9	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	1
10	Afghanistan	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	49%
2	Pakistan	6
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
4	Obama Administration	3
5	NCAA Basketball Tournament	3
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2
8	Health Care	2
9	Cyberspace	2
10	Mexican Drug War	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	44%
2	Austrian Hostage Trial	4
3	Pakistan	4
4	NCAA Basketball Tournament	4
5	Iran	3
6	Obama Appears on the Tonight Show	3
7	Natasha Richardson Death	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Obama Administration	2
10	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	51%
2	Natasha Richardson Death	6
3	Afghanistan	4
4	Madoff Banking Scam	3
5	Obama Appears on the Tonight Show	3
6	Obama Administration	3
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Bear Sterns	1
9	Pakistan	1
10	Energy	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	69%
2	Obama Administration	3
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
4	Energy	2
5	Obama Appears on the Tonight Show	2
6	Immigration	2
7	Iran	2
8	Sarah Palin	1
9	Madoff Banking Scam	1
10	Iraq Policy Debate	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	50%
2	Obama Administration	2
3	Sri Lankan Conflict	2
4	Obama Appears on the Tonight Show	2
5	Newspaper Industry Troubles	2
6	Fairness Doctrine	2
7	Natasha Richardson Death	1
8	Don Imus	1
9	Immigration	1
10	NASA	1