PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

March 3 - March 9, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	52%
2	U.S. Economy	7
3	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
4	Times Square Blast	2
5	Russia	2
6	Iran	2
7	South America Tensions	1
8	Gas/Oil Prices	1
9	UNC Student Killed	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	39%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	5
4	Iran	3
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
6	Russia	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	War on Terror	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Immigration	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	34%
2	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	9
3	U.S. Economy	7
4	Times Square Blast	6
5	Russia	5
6	South America Tensions	3
7	U.S. Missile Attacks Against Somalia	3
8	UNC Student Killed	3
9	6 Dead in Memphis Home	3
10	Gas/Oil Prices	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	48%
2	U.S. Economy	8
3	South America Tensions	3
4	UNC Student Killed	3
5	Israel/Palestinian Conflict	2
6	Times Square Blast	2
7	Gas/Oil Prices	2
8	Russia	1
9	Brett Favre to Retire	1
10	Afghanistan	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	77%
2	Times Square Blast	3
3	Immigration	3
4	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2
5	U.S. Economy	2
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	1
7	UNC Student Killed	1
8	Iran	1
9	South America Tensions	<1
10	China	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	54%
2	Afghanistan	6
3	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	5
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Gas/Oil Prices	2
6	Times Square Blast	1
7	Health Care Debate	1
8	Iran	1
9	Brett Favre to Retire	1
10	South America Tensions	1