PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 17 - 23, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	39%
2	U.S. Economy	16
3	China	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Midwest Storms	4
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Iraq Homefront	2
8	Spitzer Sandal/New York Governor	2
9	Supreme Court Actions	1
10	War on Terror	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Economy	25%
2	2008 Campaign	16
3	China	7
4	Events in Iraq	5
5	Iraq Homefront	5
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	3
8	Immigration	2
9	War on Terror	1
10	Health Care Debate	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	U.S. Economy	13
3	China	11
4	Midwest Storms	9
5	Iraq Policy Debate	6
6	Supreme Court Actions	5
7	War on Terror	3
8	Events in Iraq	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	U.S. Economy	21
3	Midwest Storms	9
4	Iraq Policy Debate	6
5	Iraq Homefront	3
6	China	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Supreme Court Actions	2
9	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	1
10	Kenya Election an dViolence	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	73%
2	U.S. Economy	7
3	Midwest Storms	4
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	China	1
6	Iraq Homefront	1
7	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	1
8	War on Terror	1
9	Events in Iraq	<1
10	Immigraton	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	53%
2	U.S. Economy	10
3	Iraq Policy Debate	6
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	3
6	Iran	2
7	Midwest Storms	2
8	Pakistan	1
9	Abortion	1
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1