PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 24 - 30, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	34%
2	Events in Iraq	12
3	U.S. Economy	7
4	China	3
5	Iraq Policy Debate	3
6	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Charges	2
7	Immigration	2
8	Plane Inspections	1
9	Afghanistan	1
10	Iraq Homefront	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	14%
2	Events in Iraq	14
3	U.S. Economy	10
4	Afghanistan	4
5	China	4
6	Immigration	3
7	Health Care Debate	2
8	Iraq Policy Debate	2
9	Pakistan	2
10	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Charges	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	22%
2	Events in Iraq	20
3	China	5
4	Olympics	5
5	Midwest Storms	4
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Charges	2
9	NCAA Basketball Tournament	2
10	Plane Inspections	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	28%
2	Events in Iraq	13
3	U.S. Economy	9
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Plane Inspections	3
6	China	2
7	Global Warming	2
8	Detroit mayor Kilpatrick Charges	2
9	Iraq Homefront	2
10	Midwest Storms	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	62%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	U.S. Economy	4
4	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Charges	2
5	Immigration	2
6	Iraq Policy Debate	2
7	Plane Inspections	1
8	Spitzer Scandal/New York Governor	1
9	Iraq Homefront	1
10	Olympics	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	47%
2	U.S. Economy	6
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	China	4
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	War on Terror	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Gas/Oil Prices	2
9	Bear Stearns Sale to J.P. Morgan	2
10	Immigration	2