PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 18 - 23, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	18%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	12
3	Events in Iraq	9
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Iran	3
7	Global Warming	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Boy Scout Found in North Carolina	2
10	U.S. Economic Numbers	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	13%
2	Immigration	7
3	Iraq Homefront	7
4	Iraq Policy Debate	6
5	2008 Campaign	5
6	Events in Iraq	5
7	Health Care Debate	3
8	General Middle East	3
9	Iran	2
10	U.S. Economic Numbers	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	21%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	16
3	Iraq Policy Debate	8
4	2008 Campaign	8
5	Iran	6
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
7	Iraq Homefront	4
8	North Korea	3
9	Afghanistan	3
10	Russian Mine Explosion	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	20%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	15
3	Events in Iraq	13
4	2008 Campaign	11
5	Pet Food Recall	4
6	Boy Scout Found in North Carolina	4
7	Iraq Homefront	3
8	Global Warming	2
9	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	2
10	Iran	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	21%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	16
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Iran	5
6	Iraq Homefront	4
7	Global Warming	3
8	Boy Scout Found in North Carolina	3
9	U.S. Economic Numbers	3
10	Immigration	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	25%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	21
3	Global Warming	11
4	2008 Campaign	8
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	Iran	3
7	Afghanistan	1
8	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	1
9	U.S. Economic Numbers	1
10	Boy Scout Found in North Carolina	1