PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 2 - 8, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	50%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	4
3	U.S. Economy	3
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
5	Bo Diddley Dies	2
6	Ted Kennedy's Health	2
7	Global Warming	2
8	Events in Iraq	2
9	Air Force Officials Resign	1
10	Chinese Earthquake	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	36%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	7
3	U.S. Economy	6
4	Bo Diddley Dies	5
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Chinese Earthquake	3
7	Air Force Officials Resign	2
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
9	Yves Saint Laurent Dies	2
10	Global Warming	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	35%
2	Ted Kennedy's Health	5
3	Texas Polygamy Raid	5
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Chinese Earthquake	3
6	Bo Diddley Dies	3
7	Food Shortage Worldwide	2
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	Iran	2
10	Pakistan	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	47%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	8
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
4	Ted Kennedy's Health	3
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	Global Warming	2
7	Air Force Officials Resign	2
8	Zimbabwe-U.S. and British Diplomats Attacked	2
9	Yves Sain Laurent Dies	2
10	Violent Weather in Midwest and east Coast	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	74%
2	Scott McClellan's Book	3
3	U.S. Economy	2
4	Gas/Oil Prices	2
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
6	Immigration	1
7	Iraq Policy Debate	1
8	Global Warming	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Violent Weather in the Midwest and East Coast	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	58%
2	Global Warming	3
3	Pakistan	2
4	Ted Kennedy's Health	2
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
6	Gas/Oil Prices	1
7	U.S. Economy	1
8	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	1
9	Violent Weather in the Midwest and East Coast	1
10	Immigration	1