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