PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

September 1 - 7, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	58%
2	Hurricane Gustav	17
3	Hurricane Hanna	4
4	Events in Iraq	2
5	U.S. Economy	1
6	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick	1
7	Pakistan	1
8	Georgia/Russia Conflict	1
9	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	1
10	Google Launches Chrome	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	46%
2	Hurricane Gustav	16
3	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Troubles	3
4	Events in Iraq	3
5	Pakistan	3
6	Iraq Policy Debate	2
7	Hurricane Hanna	2
8	Georgia/Russia Conflict	2
9	Google Launches Chrome	2
10	U.S. Economy	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	49%
2	Hurricane Gustav	16
3	Hurricane Hanna	8
4	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick	6
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Georgia/Russia Conflict	2
8	Thailand Protests	2
9	Google Launches Chrome	2
10	General Middle East	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	63%
2	Hurricane Gustav	18
3	Hurricane Hanna	6
4	U.S. Economy	1
5	Hurricane Ike	1
6	Gas/Oil Prices	1
7	Iraq Policy Debate	1
8	Pakistan	<1
9	Michael Vick	<1
10	Iraq Homefront	<1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	73%
2	Hurricane Gustav	18
3	Hurricane Hanna	2
4	U.S. Economy	1
5	Events in Iraq	1
6	North Korea	1
7	Caylee Anthony, Missing Girl in Florida	1
8	Hurricane Ike	<1
9	Gas/Oil Prices	<1
10	Iraq Homefront	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	62%
2	Hurricane Gustav	12
3	Pakistan	2
4	Hanna the Hurricane	2
5	Events in Iraq	2
6	U.S. Economy	1
7	Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick	1
8	Georgia/Russia Conflict	1
9	Gas/Oil Prices	1
10	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	<1