PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 13 - 18, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

10%

2

2008 Campaign

10

3

Immigration

9

4

Jerry Falwell's Death

6

5

Iraq Policy Debate

5

6

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

4

7

Chrysler Sold

3

8

James Comey Testimony

3

9

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

2

10

Gas/Oil Prices

2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

8%

2

Events in Iraq
7

3

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

7

4

Jerry Falwell's Death

7

5

Immigration

5

6

Afghanistan

5

7

Chrysler Sold

5

8

Iraq Policy Debate

4

9

James Comey Testimony

4

10

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

20%

2

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

8

3

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

6

4

Chrysler Sold

5

5

Iraq Policy Debate

5

6

Immigration

5

7

Rival Palestinian Factions

4

8

Campaign 2008

4

9

Gas/Oil Prices

3

10

French Elections

3

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

13%

2

Immigration

10

3

2008 Campaign

7

4

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

6

5

Jerry Falwell's Death

5

6

Chrysler Sold

4

7

Gas/Oil Prices

4

8

General War on Terror

3

9

Iraq Policy Debate

3

10

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath

3

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

17%

2

Immigration

11

3

Jerry Falwell's Death

10

4

Events in Iraq

8

5

James Comey Testimony

4

6

Fired US Attorney Scandal

4

7

Iraq Policy Debate

4

8

US Economic Numbers

2

9

Iran

2

10

Georgia and Florida Wildfires

2

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Immigration

18%

2

2008 Campaign

11

3

Iraq Policy Debate

10

4

Events in Iraq

6

5

Jerry Falwell's Death

3

6

Fired US Attorney Scandal

2

7

Gas/Oil Prices

2

8

Iran

1

9

Congress

1

10

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

1