PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 25 - 30, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	12%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	11
3	Iraq Policy Debate	10
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Events in Iraq	6
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
7	Iraq Homefront	2
8	Heart Disease Research	2
9	Severe Weather/Storms	2
10	Anna Nicole Smith	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	9%
2	Events in Iraq	8
3	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	8
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Heart Disease Research	4
6	NCAA Basketball Tournament	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
8	Iran	2
9	War on Terror General	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	23%
2	Events in Iraq	11
3	Iraq Policy Debate	11
4	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	10
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	5
6	Zimbabwe	3
7	Child Hostages Freed in Manila	3
8	Severe Weather/Storms	3
9	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
10	Afghanistan	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	11%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	9
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	8
5	Heart Disease Research	4
6	Severe Weather/Storms	4
7	Iraq Homefront	4
8	Events in Iraq	4
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
10	Afghanistan	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	16%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	15
3	Iraq Policy Debate	12
4	2008 Campaign	6
5	Anna Nicole Smith	5
6	Severe Weather/Storms	3
7	Iraq Homefront	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Tony Snow's Health	2
10	White House Scandals	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	17%
2	Iran	13
3	2008 Campaign	12
4	Iraq Policy Debate	9
5	White House Scandals	4
6	Global Warming	4
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
8	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	2
9	U.S. Economic Numbers	1
10	Anna Nicole Smith	1