PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 21 - 27, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	44%
2	U.S. Economy	4
3	Texas Polygamy Raid	3
4	Food Shortage Worldwide	3
5	Gas/Oil Prices	2
6	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2
7	Syria Nuclear Reactor	2
8	Zimbabwe Elections	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	China	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	U.S. Economy	8
3	Events in Iraq	4
4	Zimbabwe Elections	3
5	China	3
6	Petraeus Takes Over U.S. Central Command	3
7	Food Shortage Worldwide	3
8	Gas/Oil Prices	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Rupert Murdoch/Wall Street Journal	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	30%
2	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	6
3	Zimbabwe Elections	6
4	Texas Polygamy Raid	5
5	U.S. Economy	5
6	Syria Nuclear Reactor	5
7	Health Care Debate	4
8	China	4
9	Global Warming	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	39%
2	Texas Polygamy Raid	7
3	Food Shortages Worldwide	6
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Gas/Oil Prices	4
6	Syria Nuclear Reactor	3
7	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
8	Military Analysts	2
9	Pollution/Emissions	1
10	Health Care Debate	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	74%
2	Syria Nuclear Reactor	3
3	Immigration	2
4	Texas Polygamy Raid	2
5	NY Cops Acquitted	2
6	U.S. Economy	1
7	Iran	1
8	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Petraeus Takes Over U.S. Central Command	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	48%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	6
3	Energy Debate	4
4	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
5	Food Shortage Worldwide	2
6	War on Terror	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Immigration	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	U.S. Economy	1