PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

January 5 - 11, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	26%
2	Gaza Conflict	17
3	Blagojevich and Burris	12
4	Financial Crisis	10
5	Madoff Banking Scam	3
6	New 111th Congress	2
7	Northwest and Midwest Winter Weather	2
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Russia	2
10	President Bush's Last Days in White House	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	25%
2	Gaza Conflict	21
3	Financial Crisis	14
4	President Bush's Last Days in White House	3
5	Northwest and Midwest Winter Weather	3
6	U.S. Auto Industry	3
7	Madoff Banking Scam	2
8	Iran	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Blagojevich and Burris	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Gaza Conflict	26%
2	New Obama Administration	20
3	Financial Crisis	8
4	Blagojevich and Burris	8
5	Russia	5
6	Madoff Banking Scam	4
7	New 111th Congress	4
8	U.S. Auto Industry	3
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
10	Mumbai Terror Attacks	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	26%
2	Gaza Conflict	15
3	Financial Crisis	15
4	Blagojevich and Burris	6
5	Health Care Debate	5
6	Jett Travolta Dies	4
7	Northwest and Midwest Winter Weather	4
8	Madoff Banking Scam	3
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	Presidential Election Results	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	37%
2	Blagojevich and Burris	27
3	Gaza Conflict	11
4	Financial Crisis	4
5	Madoff Banking Scam	3
6	Presidential Election Results	2
7	New 111th Congress	2
8	Northwest and Midwest Winter Weather	1
9	Congressional Election Results	1
10	Immigration	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	22%
2	Blagojevich and Burris	16
3	Financial Crisis	10
4	Gaza Conflict	7
5	Madoff Banking Scam	6
6	New 111th Congress	4
7	Russia	3
8	Congressional Election Results	2
9	Bush's Trip to Iraq and Afghanistan	2
10	U.S. Auto Industry	2