PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 11 - 16, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	16%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Iraq Policy Debate	7
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	6
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Bush Trip to Latin America	3
8	Gays in the Military	3
9	Plame CIA Leak	2
10	U.S. Economic Numbers	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Campaign 2008	11%
2	Iraq Homefront	9
3	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	8
4	Iraq Policy Debate	7
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	6
6	U.S. Economic Numbers	6
7	Events in Iraq	5
8	Bush Trip to Latin America	3
9	General War on Terror	2
10	Immigration	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	22%
2	Bush Trip to Latin America	9
3	Events in Iraq	8
4	Iran	6
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	5
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Gays in the Military	3
8	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2
9	Conflict in Sudan	2
10	U.S. Economic Numbers	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	20%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	5
5	Gays in the Military	4
6	Iraq Homefront	4
7	Bush Trip to Latin America	4
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Snow Storm in East	2
10	Plame CIA Leak	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	17%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Iraq Policy Debate	9
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	6
5	Immigration	5
6	Gays in the Military	4
7	Anna Nicole Smith	3
8	Plame CIA Leak	3
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	15%
2	2008 Campaign	10
3	Iraq Policy Debate	9
4	Plame CIA Leak	9
5	Halliburton to Dubai	8
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	7
7	Gays in the Military	5
8	Bush Trip to Latin America	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Global Warming	1