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