PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 30 - July 6, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	Colombia Hostage Rescue	8
3	Gas/Oil Prices	7
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	California Wildfires	4
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
8	Jesse Helms Dies	2
9	4th of July	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	14%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	7
3	Colombia Hostages Rescued	6
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Health Care Debate	4
7	Immigration	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
9	War on Terror	3
10	California Wildfires	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	Colombia Hostages Rescued	11
3	Gas/Oil Prices	9
4	Jesse Helms Dies	7
5	California Wildfires	5
6	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
7	U.S. Economy	4
8	Afghanistan	4
9	Zimbabwe Elections	4
10	4th of July	4

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	Colombia Hostages Rescued	7
4	Gas/Oil Prices	7
5	California Wildfires	7
6	Tomatoes Salmonella Scare	3
7	Zimbabwe Elections	3
8	Afghanistan	3
9	4th of July	2
10	Iran	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	49%
2	Colombia Hostages Rescued	8
3	Missing Girl in Vermont	6
4	Gas/Oil Prices	4
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	California Wildfires	2
7	Tomatoes Salmonella Scare	2
8	Iran	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
10	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	24%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	12
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	Colombia Hostages Rescued	5
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Iran	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	California Wildfires	2
9	4th of July	2
10	Jesse Helms Dies	1