PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 20 - 26, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	52%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	20
3	2008 Congressional Campaign	2
4	U.S. Economy	2
5	Events in Iraq	2
6	Afghanistan	2
7	Baseball Playoff/ World Series	1
8	Gas/Oil Prices	1
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
10	Iraq Homefront	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	31%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	25
3	2008 Congressional Campaigns	4
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Afghanistan	3
6	Health Care	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	Baseball Playoff/ World Series	2
10	Gas Oil Prices	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	40%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	28
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Baseball Playoff/ World Series	3
5	U.S. Economy	2
6	Afghanistan	1
7	Energy Debate	1
8	Thailand Unrest	1
9	Zimbabwe Elections	1
10	Russia	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	52%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	19
3	Afghanistan	3
4	Gas/ Oil Prices	2
5	Iraq Homefront	2
6	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
7	U.S. Economy	1
8	U.S. Auto Industry	1
9	Baseball Playoff/ World Series	1
10	U.S. Airline Industry	<1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	79%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	9
3	2008 Congressional Campaigns	2
4	Immigration	2
5	Missing Persons	1
6	U.S. Economy	1
7	Talk Show Host Wars	1
8	Ted Stevens Scandal	1
9	Cyberspace Issues	1
10	Same-Sex Marriage	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	60%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	19
3	Ted Stevens	1
4	Baseball Playoffs/ World Series	1
5	Events in Iraq	1
6	Gas/Oil Prices	1
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	<1
9	U.S. Airline Industry	<1
10	U.S. Auto Industry	<1