PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 15 - 20, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	51%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	6
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	Abortion	3
6	Storms/Severe Weather	3
7	2008 Campaign	2
8	NASA Shooting	2
9	Afghanistan	1
10	Alec Baldwin Voice Mail	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	27%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	8
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	2008 Campaign	5
5	Abortion	3
6	Iraq Policy Debate	2
7	Storms/Severe Weather	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Iraq Homefront	2
10	U.S. Economic Numbers	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	37%
2	Events in Iraq	11
3	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	11
4	Storms/Severe Weather	8
5	Iraq Policy Debate	6
6	Abortion	4
7	NJ Gov. Corzine Car Crash	2
8	North Korea	1
9	2008 Campaign	1
10	General Middle East	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	62%
2	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	7
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Storms/Severe Weather	4
5	Iraq Policy Debate	3
6	Abortion	3
7	Afghanistan	1
8	2008 Campaign	1
9	Pet Food Recall	1
10	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	*

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	76%
2	NASA Shooting	6
3	Iraq Policy Debate	3
4	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	3
5	Events in Iraq	2
6	Alec Baldwin Voice Mail	2
7	2008 Campaign	1
8	Immigration	*
9	Congress	*
10	Abortion	*

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	VA Tech Shootings	50%
2	Abortion	8
3	Don Imus's Comments	5
4	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	4
5	Alec Baldwin Voice Mail	3
6	Iraq Policy Debate	3
7	Supreme Court	1
8	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	1
9	Paul Wolfowitz/World Bank Controversy	1
10	Storms/Severe Weather	1

* means the value is less than 0.5%