PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

July 7 - 13, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	U.S. Economy	7
3	Iran	5
4	Gas/Oil Prices	5
5	California Wildfires	3
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	G8 Summit	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Colombia Hostage Rescue	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	12%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	Gas/Oil Prices	5
4	Iraq Homefront	5
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Heart Disease Research	4
7	Global Warming	4
8	Health Care	4
9	Olympics	2
10	Immigration	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	15%
2	2008 Campaign	14
3	U.S. Economy	10
4	G8 Summit	7
5	Afghanistan	5
6	Events in Iraq	5
7	Gas/Oil Prices	4
8	California Wildfires	3
9	Istanbul Attack	3
10	iPhone	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	U.S. Economy	9
3	Gas/Oil Prices	8
4	California Wildfires	6
5	Iran	3
6	G8 Summit	3
7	JonBenet Ramsey Case	3
8	Colombia Hostage Rescue	2
9	Energy Debate	2
10	Olympics	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	58%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	4
3	Iran	4
4	California Wildfires	3
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	Afghanistan	2
7	Colombia Hostage Rescue	2
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
9	Hurricane Bertha	1
10	Events in Iraq	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	38%
2	Iran	5
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
4	Gas/Oil Prices	4
5	California Wildfires	3
6	Congressional Campaigns	2
7	U.S. Economy	2
8	Supreme Court	2
9	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	2
10	G8 Summit	1