PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Feb. 4 - 9, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

12%

2

Events in Iraq

10

3

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

9

4

Campaign 2008

8

5

Astronaut Scandal

6

6

Severe Weather

3

7

Super Bowl

3

8

Libby Trial

3

9

Bush's Budget Proposal

3

10

Iran

2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

10%

2

Campaign 2008

8

3

Iraq Policy Debate

5

4

Bush's Budget Proposal

5

5

Super Bowl

4

6

Iraq War Homefront

4

7

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

4

8

Astronaut Scandal

3

9

Immigration

3

10

Iran

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

19%

2

Iraq Policy Debate

9

3

Astronaut Scandal

8

4

Super Bowl

5

5

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

4

6

Severe Weather

4

7

Iran

4

8

North Korea

3

9

Global Child Porn Ring Found in Austria

3

10

Bush's Budget Proposal

3

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

16%

2

Events in Iraq

14

3

Severe Weather

9

4

Astronaut Scandal

7

5

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

6

6

Bush's Budget Proposal

3

7

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath

3

8

Libby Trial

3

9

Campaign 2008

3

10

Florida Tornadoes

1

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

21%

2

Iraq Policy Debate

15

3

Campaign 2008

10

4

Libby Trial

7

5

Astronaut Scandal

6

6

Events in Iraq

5

7

Severe Weather

3

8

Iran

3

9

Immigration

2

10

Iraq War Homefront

1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

17%

2

Campaign 2008

16

3

Astronaut Scandal

9

4

Anna Nicole Smith Dies

9

5

Super Bowl

8

6

Pelosi Plane Controversy

7

7

Events in Iraq

3

8

Bush's Budget Proposal

3

9

Libby Trial

2

10

North Korea

2