PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

July 21 - 27, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	38%
2	U.S. Economy	6
3	Hurricane Dolly	5
4	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	4
5	Gas/Oil Prices	2
6	Caylee Anthony, Missing Girl in Florida	2
7	Immigration	2
8	Olympics	2
9	Cyberspace Issues	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	20%
2	U.S. Economy	8
3	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	4
4	Gas/Oil Prices	4
5	Cyberspace Issues	4
6	Chandra Levy, Washington Post Story	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Global Warming	3
10	Olympics	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	32%
2	Hurricane Dolly	10
3	U.S. Economy	8
4	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	7
5	Warren Jeffs Indicted	2
6	Qantas Jet Emergency Landing	2
7	Iraq Homefront	2
8	Immigration	2
9	Afghanistan	1
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	38%
2	Hurricane Dolly	9
3	U.S. Economy	9
4	Caylee Anthony, Missing Girl in Florida	4
5	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	3
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
7	Qantas Jet Emergency Landing	2
8	Olympics	1
9	Gas/Oil Prices	1
10	Iran	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	63%
2	Caylee Anthony, Missing Girl in Florida	6
3	Hurricane Dolly	5
4	U.S. Economy	4
5	Immigration	3
6	Gas/Oil Prices	2
7	Tomatoes Salmonella Scare	1
8	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	1
9	Iran	1
10	Cyberspace Issues	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	Olympics	5
3	Gas/Oil Prices	4
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	China	3
6	Karadzic Arrested in Belgrade	3
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Hurricane Dolly	3
9	Energy Debate	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2