PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Dec. 31, 2006 - Jan. 5, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Congress	15%
2	Gerald Ford Funeral	12
3	Iraq Policy Debate	9
4	Saddam Execution	8
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Iraq War Homefront	3
7	Snowstorms	2
8	Somalia Fighting	2
9	Domestic Terrorism Prevention	1
10	2008 Presidential Campaign	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Congress	12%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	8
3	Saddam Execution	7
4	Events in Iraq	7
5	Gerald Ford Funeral	4
6	Domestic Terrorism Prevention	3
7	Iraq War Homefront	3
8	Snowstorms	2
9	2008 Presidential Campaign	2
10	Mission in Afghanistan	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Gerald Ford Funeral	14%
2	New Congress	10
3	Saddam Execution	10
4	Somalia Fighting	8
5	Lost Indonesian Plane	6
6	Iraq Policy Debate	6
7	Snowstorms	5
8	Bush Changes Intelligence Team	4
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	New Year’s Celebrations	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Congress	19%
2	Gerald Ford Funeral	17
3	Iraq Policy Debate	11
4	Saddam Execution	9
5	Snowstorms	3
6	Unusual Winter Weather	3
7	Somalia Fighting	3
8	Iraq War Homefront	3
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	Bush Changes Intelligence Team	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Gerald Ford Funeral	18%
2	New Congress	17
3	Iraq Policy Debate	15
4	Saddam Execution	9
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Duke Lacrosse Scandal	2
7	Miss USA Controversy	1
8	Iraq War Homefront	1
9	General War on Terror	1
10	2008 Presidential Campaign	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Congress	20%
2	Gerald Ford Funeral	10
3	Iraq War Homefront	4
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	Saddam Execution	3
6	Snowstorms	2
7	Holiday Season	2
8	Hugo Chavez wins Venezuelan Election	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Global Warming	1