PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 14 - 20, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

31%

2

Pope Visit

16

3

Texas Polygamy Raid

8

4

U.S. Economy

5

5

Events in Iraq

3

6

Supreme Court

2

7

Delta and Northwest Airlines Merge

2

8

VA Tech Anniversary
2

9

Global Warming

1

10

Food Shortage Worldwide

1

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

21%

2

Pope Visit

13

3

U.S. Economy

10

4

Supreme Court 4

5

Military Analysts
4

6

Events in Iraq 3

7

Delta and Northwest Airlines Merge

3

8

Health Care Debate

3

9

Food Shortage Worldwide

2

10

Energy Debate

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Pope Visit

22%

2

2008 Campaign
20

3

Texas Polygamy Raid 8

4

Events in Iraq

7

5

U.S. Economy
6

6

VA Tech Anniversary

5

7

Zimbabwe Elections

5

8

Global Warming

2

9

Delta and Northwest Ailrines Merge

2

10

Colorado Wildfires

2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

22%

2

Pope Visit

20

3

Texas Polygamy Raid
16

4

Delta and Northwest Arlines Merge

3

5

Illinois Earthquake

3

6

Supreme Court

2

7

U.S. Economy

2

8

Events in Iraq

2

9

VA Tech Anniversary

2

10

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict 1

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

51%

2

Pope Visit
16

3

Texas Polygamy Raid

13

4

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

2

5

Immigration
2

6

Supreme Court

2

7

U.S. Economy

1

8

Plane Safety

1

9

VA Tech Anniversary

1

10

Taxes/Tax Day

1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

39%

2

Pope Visit
13

3

Global Warming

4

4

Food Shortage Worldwide

4

5

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

3

6

U.S. Economy

3

7

Texas Polygamy Raid

2

8

VA Tech Anniversary

2

9

Delta and Northwest Airlines Merge

1

10

Taxes/Tax Day
1