PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 16 - 22, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	Midwest Weather and Flooding	16
3	Gas/Oil Prices	6
4	U.S. Economy	6
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Energy Debate	3
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	2
10	Tim Russert Dies	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	12%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	Midwest Weather and Flooding	10
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	9
5	Events in Iraq	8
6	Gas/Oil Prices	7
7	Olympics	3
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Energy Debate	3
10	Russia	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Midwest Weather and Flooding	23%
2	2008 Campaign	8
3	Energy Debate	8
4	Afghanistan	6
5	U.S. Economy	6
6	Gas/Oil Prices	5
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Valerie Plame Investigation	3
10	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Midwest Weather and Flooding	22%
2	2008 Campaign	14
3	Gas/Oil Prices	9
4	U.S. Economy	7
5	Tim Russert Dies	7
6	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	5
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Energy Debate	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	47%
2	Midwest Weather and Flooding	17
3	Gas/Oil Prices	5
4	Afghanistan	3
5	Energy Debate	2
6	Tim Russert Dies	2
7	Tomatoes Salmonella Scare	2
8	U.S. Economy	1
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	33%
2	Midwest Weather and Flooding	6
3	Tim Russert Dies	5
4	Gas/Oil Prices	4
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	3
7	Cyberspace Issues	3
8	U.S. Economy	2
9	Energy Debate	2
10	Iran	1