PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 13 - 19, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	51%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	23
3	Southern California Wildfires	3
4	U.S. Economy	2
5	Baseball Playoffs	1
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
7	Health Care Debate	1
8	Gas/Oil Prices	1
9	Tim Mahoney Scandal	1
10	Immigration	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	32%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	31
3	U.S. Economy	3
4	Baseball Playoffs	2
5	Health Care Debate	2
6	China	2
7	Gas/ Oil Prices	1
8	Immigration	1
9	Holiday Season	1
10	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	35%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	32
3	Southern California Wildfires	6
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
5	Baseball Playoffs	2
6	Caylee Anthon, Missing Girl in Florida	2
7	Zimbabwe Elections	2
8	Afghanistan	1
9	Nobel Prizes	1
10	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	55%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	22
3	Southern California Wildfires	4
4	Health Care Debate	1
5	U.S. Economy	1
6	Events in Iraq	1
7	Gas/ Oil Prices	1
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
9	Immigration	<1
10	Baseball Playoffs	<1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	80%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	12
3	Tim Mahoney Scandal	1
4	Missing Persons	1
5	Southern California Wildfires	1
6	Immigrations	1
7	Afghanistan	1
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
9	Gas/ Oil Prices	1
10	Iraq Policy Debate	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	54%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	12
3	Southern California Wildfires	5
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Tim Mahoney Scandal	3
6	Baseball Playoffs	1
7	Immigration	1
8	Gas/ Oil Orices	1
9	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	1
10	Holiday Season	1