PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 17 - 23, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	23%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	17
3	U.S. Auto Industry	15
4	Pirates from Somalia	3
5	Southern California Wildfires	3
6	New 111th Congress	3
7	Congressional Election Results	2
8	Events in Iraq	2
9	Presidential Election Results	2
10	Health Care	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	28%
2	New Obama Administration	12
3	U.S. Auto Industry	8
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	Health Care Debate	5
6	War on Terror	3
7	New 111th Congress	2
8	Southern California Wildfires	2
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	2
10	Israel/Lebanon Conflict	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	24%
2	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	14
3	U.S. Auto Industry	13
4	Pirates from Somalia	6
5	Yahoo failed merger with Microsoft	3
6	Southern California Wildfires	3
7	Mukasey's Health	2
8	Congressional Election Results	2
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	2
10	Congo Civil war	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	20%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	18
3	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	18
4	Southern California Wildfires	6
5	Pirates from Somalia	4
6	New 111th Congress	2
7	Global Warming	1
8	Cyberspace Issues	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Afghanistan	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	39%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	21
3	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	10
4	Congressional Election Results	5
5	New 111th Congress	3
6	Presidential Election Results	3
7	Pirates from Somalia	1
8	Southern California Wildfires	1
9	Fairness Doctrine	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	20%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	16
3	Financial Crisis/ Fed Bailout	13
4	Congressional Election Results	5
5	New 111th Congress	5
6	Presidential Election Results	4
7	Southern California Wildfires	3
8	Pirates from Somalia	3
9	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	3
10	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	1