PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 19 - 25, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	Ted Kennedy's Health	8
3	Gas/Oil Prices	6
4	Chinese Earthquake	5
5	Texas Polygamy Raid	4
6	Myanmar Cyclone	3
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	Events in Iraq	2
9	Farm Bill in Congress	1
10	Colorado Tornado	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	18%
2	Chinese Earthquake	7
3	Gas/Oil Prices	6
4	U.S. Economy	6
5	Myanmar Cyclone	4
6	Ted Kennedy's Health	4
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Texas Polygamy Raid	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
10	Microsoft Bids for Yahoo	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	25%
2	Chinese Earthquake	11
3	Gas/Oil Prices	9
4	Myanmar Cyclone	7
5	Texas Polygamy Raid	7
6	Ted Kennedy's Health	5
7	Farm Bill in Congress	4
8	U.S. Economy	3
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	Supreme Court Actions	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	28%
2	Ted Kennedy's Health	15
3	Gas/Oil Prices	9
4	Texas Polygamy Raid	7
5	Chinese Earthquake	5
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Myanmar Cyclone	2
8	Colorado Tornado	2
9	American Idol	2
10	Iraq Homefront	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	65%
2	Ted Kennedy's Health	10
3	Gas/Oil Prices	4
4	Immigration	2
5	Colorado Tornado	2
6	Texas Polygamy Raid	2
7	U.S. Economy	1
8	Farm Bill in Congress	1
9	Food Shortage Worldwide	1
10	Stacey Peterson Scandal	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	49%
2	Ted Kennedy's Health	8
3	Gas/Oil Prices	5
4	Chinese earthquake	3
5	Afghanistan	3
6	Global Warming	3
7	Myanmar Cyclone	2
8	Same Sex Marriage Debate	2
9	U.S. Economy	1
10	Texas Polygamy Raid	1