PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

February 25 - March 2, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	38%
2	U.S. Economy	7
3	Afghanistan	3
4	Events in Iraq	3
5	Oscar Awards	3
6	William F. Buckley Dies	3
7	North Korea	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	Florida Power Outage	2
10	Russia	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	22%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	William F. Buckley Dies	6
4	Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Survey	4
5	Gas/Oil Prices	3
6	Russia	3
7	Pakistan	3
8	Cuba	3
9	Isreali/Palestinian Conflict	3
10	North Korea	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	Events in Iraq	11
3	Oscar Awards	8
4	U.S. Economy	7
5	Afghanistan	7
6	North Korea	6
7	Pakistan	3
8	Global Warming	3
9	Microsoft Fined $1.3 Billion by EU	3
10	American Airlines Passenger Dies on Flight	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	U.S. Economy	9
3	Afghanistan	5
4	North Korea	3
5	Russia	3
6	Oscar Awards	2
7	Cuba	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	American Airlines Passenger Dies on Flight	1
10	Florida Power Outage	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	59%
2	Bobby Cutts Trail	5
3	Toxin Found in Las Vegas Hotel	5
4	Afghanistan	4
5	Florida Power Outage	4
6	Immigration	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	U.S. Economy	2
9	Chicago Mall Explosion	1
10	North Korea	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	44%
2	William F. Buckley Dies	6
3	Oscar Awards	5
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Energy Debate	4
6	Health Care Debate	3
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	Baseball Steroids Scandal	1
10	Russia	1