PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 6 - 12, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	41%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	36
3	U.S. Economy	2
4	Events in Iraq	1
5	Supreme Court Actions	1
6	Nobel Prizes	1
7	Afghanistan	1
8	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	1
9	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
10	Baseball Playoffs	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	42%
2	2008 Campaign	25
3	Events in Iraq	4
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Afghanistan	2
6	North Korea	2
7	Immigration	2
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	2
9	North Carolina Bus Crash	1
10	Nobel Prizes	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	40%
2	2008 Campaign	26
3	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	3
4	Supreme Court Actions	3
5	Nobel Prizes	2
6	Baseball Playoffs	2
7	Los Angeles Bus Crash	2
8	Hurricane Ike	2
9	Georgia/Russia Conflict	2
10	Events in Iraq	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	40%
2	2008 Campaign	38
3	U.S. Economy	3
4	Supreme Court Actions	2
5	Iraq Homefront	1
6	U.S. Auto Industry	1
7	O.J. Simpson	1
8	Global Warming	1
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
10	Gas/Oil Prices	<1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	66%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	31
3	U.S. Economy	<1
4	Caylee Anthony, Missing Girl in Florida	<1
5	Supreme Court Actions	<1
6	Gas/Oil Prices	<1
7	Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac Troubles	<1
8	Ted Stevens Scandal	<1
9	O.J. Simpson	<1
10	Massachusettes H.S. Pregnancy Pact	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	55%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	24
3	Supreme Court Actions	2
4	Nobel Prizes	1
5	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
7	Afghanistan	1
8	Ted Stevens Scandal	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	U.S. Economy	1