PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 3 - 9, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Presidential Campaign	27%
2	Presidential Election Results	21
3	New Obama Administration	21
4	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	8
5	Congressional Election Results	3
6	2008 Congressional Campaigns	2
7	Same Sex Marriage Debate	2
8	New 11th Congress	1
9	Congo Civil War	1
10	Immigration	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Presidential Election Results	24%
2	New Obama Administration	16
3	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	15
4	2008 Presidential Campaign	15
5	Congressional Election Results	3
6	Immigration Debate	3
7	Same Sex Marriage Debate	3
8	Congo Civil War	2
9	State Ballot Initiatives	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Presidential Campaign	25%
2	Presidential Election Results	25
3	New Obama Administration	18
4	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	7
5	Congressional Election Results	6
6	2008 Congressional Campaign	2
7	Same Sex Marriage Debate	2
8	Iran	2
9	Eliot Spitzer Involved With Prostitution Ring	2
10	Taxes	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Presidential Campaign	33%
2	New Obama Administration	22
3	Presidential Election Results	20
4	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	7
5	Congressional Election Results	3
6	U.S. Auto Industry	2
7	Congo Civil War	2
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
9	Blizzards in the Dakotas	1
10	Michael Crichton Dies	<1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Presidential Campaign	37%
2	New Obama Administration	31
3	Presidential Election Results	15
4	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	4
5	2008 Congressional Campaigns	3
6	New 111th Congress	3
7	Congressional Election Results	2
8	Same Sex Marriage Debate	1
9	U.S. Auto Industry	1
10	U.S. Economy	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Presidential Campaign	29%
2	Presidential Election Results	25
3	New Obama Administration	18
4	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	8
5	Supreme Court Actions	3
6	Same Sex Marriage Debate	3
7	Congressional Election Results	1
8	2008 Congressional Campaigns	1
9	U.S. Auto Industry	1
10	State Governments/ Gubernatorial Races	<1