PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Feb. 25 - March 2, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Campaign 2008

7%

2

Iraq Policy Debate

6

3

Iraq Homefront

6

4

Tornadoes

6

5

Stocks Fall

6

6

Events in Iraq

5

7

Afghanistan

4

8

Anna Nicole Smith

4

9

General War on Terror

3

10

Oscars

3

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Campaign 2008

7%

2

Iran

6

3

Iraq Homefront

6

4

Stocks Fall

6

5

Events in Iraq

5

6

Immigration

3

7

Oscars

3

8

North Korea

3

9

US Economic Numbers

3

10

Iraq Policy Debate

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

11%

2

Campaign 2008

8

3

Iraq Policy Debate

6

4

Afghanistan

6

5

Tornadoes

6

6

Oscars

5

7

Stocks Fall

4

8

Iraq Homefront

4

9

Libby Trial

4

10

Snowstorms

4

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Homefront

12%

2

Tornadoes

11

3

Stocks Fall

9

4

Afghanistan

7

5

Events in Iraq

6

6

Campaign 2008

6

7

HPV Cervical Cancer Vaccine

4

8

Iraq Policy Debate

3

9

Anna Nicole Smith

3

10

General War on Terror

3

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Tornadoes

10%

2

Anna Nicole Smith

9

3

Campaign 2008

8

4

Iraq Policy Debate

8

5

Afghanistan

6

6

Iraq Homefront

5

7

Bus Crash with Baseball Team

5

8

General War on Terror

4

9

Immigration

4

10

Stocks Fall

4

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

17%

2

Campaign 2008

7

3

Oscars

7

4

Global Warming

7

5

Stocks Fall

6

6

Events in Iraq

4

7

Immigration

4

8

General War on Terror

3

9

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath

3

10

Iraq Homefront

2