PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Feb. 18 - 23, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Campaign 2008	12%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	11
3	Anna Nicole Smith	10
4	Events in Iraq	9
5	Iraq Homefront	5
6	Iran	5
7	Libby Trial	3
8	Climbers Rescued on Mt. Hood	3
9	Jet Blue	2
10	General War on Terror	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Campaign 2008	10%
2	Events in Iraq	9
3	Iraq Homefront	7
4	Iraq Policy Debate	6
5	Iran	5
6	Immigration	4
7	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	3
8	General War on Terror	2
9	Libby Trial	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	17%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	13
3	Iran	9
4	Campaign 2008	9
5	Climbers Rescued on Mt. Hood	6
6	Anna Nicole Smith	5
7	India Train Bombing	4
8	Jet Blue	4
9	General War on Terror	3
10	Libby Trial	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	11%
2	Iraq Homefront	10
3	Events in Iraq	8
4	Anna Nicole Smith	7
5	Jet Blue	6
6	Campaign 2008	6
7	Climbers Rescued on Mt. Hood	5
8	Iran	4
9	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	4
10	Libby Trial	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Anna Nicole Smith	26%
2	Campaign 2008	15
3	Iraq Policy Debate	8
4	Events in Iraq	7
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Libby Trial	3
7	Climbers Rescued on Mt. Hood	2
8	Iran	2
9	Immigration	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	21%
2	Campaign 2008	20
3	Iran	6
4	Global Warming	4
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Anna Nicole Smith	3
7	Libby Trial	2
8	Domestic Terrorism	2
9	U.S. Economic Numbers	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2