PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 31 - April 6, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	32%
2	U.S. Economy	9
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Zimbabwe Elections	3
5	Martin Luther King Jr. Anniversary	3
6	Plane Safety	3
7	Bush's Trip to Europe	2
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
9	Federal Reserve Regulatory Changes	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Economy	14%
2	2008 Campaign	13
3	Events in Iraq	9
4	Iraq Homefront	4
5	Zimbabwe Elections	4
6	Charlton Heston Dies	3
7	Olympics	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Plane Safety	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Economy	14%
2	2008 Campaign	14
3	Zimbabwe Elections	11
4	Bush's Trip to Europe	10
5	Events in Iraq	8
6	Martin Luther King Jr. Anniversary	5
7	Russia	3
8	Plane Safety	2
9	China	2
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	U.S. Economy	10
3	Martin Luther King Jr. Anniversary	6
4	Federal Reserve Regulatory Changes	5
5	Plane safety	4
6	Heart Disease Research	3
7	Gas/Oil Prices	2
8	Bear Sterns Sale to JP Morgan	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Zimbabwe Elections	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	62%
2	U.S. Economy	3
3	Immigration	2
4	Plane Safety	2
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
6	Federal Reserve Regulatory Changes	2
7	Martin Luther King Jr. Anniversary	1
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Gas/Oil Prices	1
10	Bush's Trip to Europe	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	46%
2	Martin Luther King Jr. Anniversary	4
3	China	4
4	U.S. Economy	4
5	Plane Safety	3
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
8	Global Warming	2
9	War on Terror	2
10	Federal Reserve Regulatory Changes	2