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%