PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 1 - 6, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iran

13%

2

2008 Campaign

10

3

Iraq Policy Debate

9

4

Global Warming

5

5

Pelosi Trip to the Middle East

5

6

Events in Iraq

4

7

Solomon Islands Tsunami

2

8

Iraq Homefront

2

9

Immigration

2

10

US Economic Numbers

2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

8%

2

Global Warming

6

3

Iraq Policy Debate

5

4

Events in Iraq

4

5

Iraq Homefront

4

6

Immigration

3

7

US Economic Numbers

3

8

Iran

2

9

Afghanistan

2

10

General Middle East

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iran

17%

2

Solomon Islands Tsunami

11

3

Iraq Policy Debate

10

4

Events in Iraq

9

5

Pelosi Trip to the Middle East

8

6

Global Warming

6

7

War on Terror General

3

8

Fired US Attorneys

2

9

US Economic Numbers

2

10

FBI Agent Shot During NJ Bank Robbery

2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iran

16%

2

2008 Campaign

12

3

Global Warming

9

4

Events in Iraq

7

5

Iraq Policy Debate

5

6

Iraq Homefront

3

7

Pelosi Trip to the Middle East

2

8

Solomon Islands Tsunami

2

9

Pet Food Recall

1

10

Immigration

1

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iran

17%

2

2008 Campaign

15

3

Iraq Policy Debate

13

4

Pelosi Trip to the Middle East

6

5

Pet Food Recall

3

6

Fired US Attorneys

3

7

Immigration

2

8

Events in Iraq

1

9

FBI Agent Shot During NJ Bank Robbery

1

10

War on Terror General

1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iran

19%

2

Iraq Policy Debate

15

3

2008 Campaign

11

4

Pelosi Trip to the Middle East

10

5

Global Warming

6

6

Events in Iraq

3

7

US Economic Numbers

2

8

Pet Food Recall

1

9

War on Terror General

1

10

NCAA Basketball Tournament

1