PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 12 - 18, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	Chinese Earthquake	13
3	Myanmar Cyclone	4
4	Same-sex Marriage Debate	3
5	Gas/Oil Prices	3
6	Immigration	3
7	Storms in OK, MO	2
8	U.S. Economy	2
9	Missippi House Race	1
10	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	16%
2	Chinese Earthquake	16
3	Immigration	9
4	Same-sex Marriage Debate	5
5	Robert Rauschenberg Dies	4
6	Gas/Oil Prices	3
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	Myanmar Cyclone	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Food Shortage Worldwide	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	Chinese Earthquake	20
3	Myanmar Cyclone	8
4	Same-sex Marriage Debate	7
5	Storms in OK, MO	3
6	Myspace Suicide Case	2
7	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	2
8	Gas/Oil Prices	2
9	Florida Fires	2
10	War on Terror	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Chinese Earthquake	21%
2	2008 Campaign	19
3	Myanmar Cyclone	11
4	Gas/Oil Prices	7
5	Storms in OK, MO	4
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Florida Fires	3
8	Same-sex Marriage Debate	2
9	Robert Rauschenberg Dies	2
10	Myspace Suicide Case	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	74%
2	Chinese Earthquake	4
3	Immigration	2
4	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	2
5	Gas/Oil Prices	2
6	Mississippi House Race	2
7	Florida Fires	1
8	Storms in OK, MO	1
9	Same-sex Marriage Debate	1
10	U.S. Economy	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	43%
2	Chinese Earthquake	7
3	Mississippi House Race	4
4	Global Warming	4
5	Myanmar Cyclone	4
6	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	3
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Jenna Bush Wedding	2
9	Cuba	1
10	Energy Debate	1