PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 23 - 29, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	27%
2	Zimbabwe Elections	7
3	Gas/Oil Prices	7
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	D.C. Handgun Ban	5
6	North Korea	4
7	Supreme Court Actions	3
8	George Carlin Dies	2
9	Midwest Weather and flooding	2
10	California Wildfires	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	13%
2	Zimbabwe Elections	9
3	Gas/Oil Prices	8
4	U.S. Economy	6
5	D.C. Handgun Ban	5
6	Supreme Court Actions	5
7	North Korea	3
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Olympics	3
10	Events in Iraq	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	16%
2	Zimbabwe Elections	12
3	U.S. Economy	9
4	D.C. Handgun Ban	8
5	North Korea	8
6	George Carlin Dies	5
7	Gas/Oil Prices	5
8	California Wildfires	4
9	Philippines Ferry Capsized	3
10	Stocks Hit 2-Year Low	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	9
3	U.S. Economy	8
4	Zimbabwe Elections	7
5	Supreme Court Actions	6
6	Midwest Weather and Flooding	4
7	Afghanistan	4
8	California Wildfires	4
9	North Korea	4
10	Stocks Hit 2-Year Low	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	60%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	5
3	North Korea	3
4	Midwest Weather and Flooding	2
5	Immigration	2
6	Soldier, Megan Touma, Found Dead	2
7	U.S. Economy	2
8	D.C. Handgun Ban	2
9	Don Imus' Controversial Comment	2
10	Zimbabwe Elections	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	Dc Handgun Ban	9
3	Gas/Oil Prices	5
4	Don Imus' Controversial Comment	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
6	George Carlin Dies	4
7	Israel Internal Politics	4
8	Zimbabwe Elections	3
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	U.S. Economy	2