PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 26 - June 1, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	27%
2	Scott McClellan's Book	14
3	Chinese Earthquake	3
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Gas/Oil Prices	2
7	Mars Lander Phoenix	2
8	Iowa, Minn. Tornadoes	2
9	Iraq Homefront	2
10	Memorial Day Events/Remembrances	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	17%
2	Iraq Homefront	5
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Scott McClellan's Book	4
5	Bear Stearns Sale to JP Morgan	4
6	Health Care Debate	4
7	U.S. Economy	4
8	Immigration	3
9	Chinese Earthquake	3
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	16%
2	Chinese Earthquake	12
3	Scott McClellan's Book	11
4	Mars Lander Phoenix	6
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Iowa, Minn. Tornadoes	4
7	War on Terror	3
8	Israel Internal Politics	3
9	Myanmar Cyclone	2
10	Same-sex Marriage	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	17%
2	Scott McClellan's Book	15
3	Gas/Oil Prices	7
4	Iowa, Minn. Tornadoes	5
5	Memorial Day Events/Remembrances	4
6	U.S. Economy	4
7	China	4
8	Mars Lander Phoenix	4
9	Texas Polygammy Raid	3
10	Events in Iraq	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	43%
2	Scott McClellan's Book	28
3	Iowa, Minn. Tornadoes	3
4	Texas Polygammy Raid	2
5	Events in Iraq	1
6	Crane collpase in Manhatten	1
7	Iraq Policy Debate	1
8	Gas/Oil Prices	1
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
10	U.S. Economy	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	42%
2	Scott McClellan's Book	13
3	Same-sex Marriage	4
4	U.S. Economy	4
5	Iraq Homefront	2
6	Gas/Oil Prices	2
7	Events in Iraq	1
8	Iowa, Minn. Tornadoes	1
9	Conflict in Sudan/ Darfur	1
10	Crane Collapse in Manhatten	1