PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

July 14 - 20, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	27%
2	U.S. Economy	9
3	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	9
4	Gas/Oil Prices	5
5	Energy Debate	3
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Israel and Lebanon	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
9	Iran	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	U.S. Economy	14
3	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	12
4	Gas/Oil Prices	5
5	Afghanistan	3
6	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Israel and Lebanon	2
9	Iraq Homefront	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	18%
2	Israel and Lebanon	8
3	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	7
4	U.S. Economy	7
5	Afghanistan	4
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
7	Energy Debate	4
8	Iraq Policy Debate	4
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	Gas/Oil Prices	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	U.S. Economy	15
3	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	13
4	Gas/Oil Prices	7
5	Energy Debate	3
6	Afghanistan	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	GM Troubles	1
9	Tomatoes Salmonella Scare	1
10	Iraq Homefront	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	50%
2	Gas/Oil Prices	5
3	Energy Debate	4
4	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	4
5	Iran	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Tony Snow's Health	2
10	Iraq Policy Debate	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	30%
2	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	10
3	Gas/Oil Prices	6
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Energy Debate	4
6	Iran	3
7	Tony Snow's Health	3
8	Israel and Lebanon	2
9	China	2
10	Events in Iraq	2