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