PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

December 15 - 21, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	15%
2	New Obama Administration	14
3	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	12
4	U.S. Auto Industry	9
5	Madoff Banking Scam	8
6	New 111th Congress	5
7	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	4
8	Severe Winter Weather	4
9	Caylee Anthony Case	2
10	Holiday Season	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	24%
2	New Obama Administration	17
3	Madoff Banking Scam	7
4	New 111th Congress	5
5	Severe Winter Weather	3
6	U.S. Auto Industry	3
7	Holiday Season	3
8	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	3
9	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	3
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	16%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	13
3	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	13
4	Financial Crisis	10
5	Madoff Banking Scam	5
6	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	5
7	Severe Winter Weather	4
8	New 111th Congress	4
9	Gas/Oil Prices	4
10	Events in Iraq	4

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	15%
2	Madoff Banking Scam	10
3	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	8
4	New Obama Administration	7
5	Severe Winter Weather	7
6	New 111th Congress	7
7	U.S. Auto Industry	6
8	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	4
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Holiday Season	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	24%
2	New Obama Administration	15
3	U.S. Auto Industry	10
4	Financial Crisis	8
5	Madoff Banking Scam	7
6	New 111th Congress	6
7	Caylee Anthony Case	5
8	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	5
9	President Bush's Last Days in White House	4
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	17%
2	New Obama Administration	14
3	U.S. Auto Industry	14
4	Madoff Banking Scam	10
5	Ill. Governor Blagojevich Scandal	9
6	Presidential Election Results	5
7	Afghanistan	4
8	Bush's Last Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	3
9	New 111th Congress	3
10	Severe Winter Weather	3