PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 7 - 13, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	Iraq Policy	10
3	Olympics	9
4	Texas Polygamy Raid	7
5	Plane Safety	6
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Marine Murder Suspect	3
10	Tornadoes and Storms in TX, AK, and OK	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Olympics	8
3	Events in Iraq	8
4	Plane Safety	7
5	Iraq Policy Debate	7
6	U.S. Economy	7
7	Immigration	4
8	Pope Visit	3
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Tornadoes and Storms in TX, AK, and OK	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Olympics	18%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Texas Polygamy Raid	10
4	Iraq Policy	10
5	Plane Safety	7
6	Events in Iraq	6
7	Marine Murder Suspect	6
8	War on Terror	3
9	U.S. Economy	3
10	Tornadoes and Storms in TX, AK, and OK	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Texas Polygamy Raid	14%
2	Iraq Policy	14
3	2008 Campaign	11
4	Plane Safety	10
5	Olympics	9
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Immigration	2
8	Tornadoes and Storms in TX, AK, and OK	2
9	U.S. Economy	2
10	Food Shortage Worldwide	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	41%
2	Iraq Policy	11
3	Texas Polygamy Raid	9
4	Marine Murder Suspect	6
5	Olympics	6
6	Immigration	4
7	Plane Safety	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	2
10	Iran	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	33%
2	Iraq Policy	12
3	Global Warming	5
4	Plane Safety	4
5	Energy Debate	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Olympics	3
8	Immigration	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2