PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 20 - 25, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

10%

2

Immigration

10

3

Events in Iraq

9

4

Lebanon Violence

6

5

2008 Campaign

6

6

Gas/Oil Prices

4

7

Fired US Attorney Scandal

4

8

Iran

3

9

Pew Research Report on Muslim Americans

2

10

Iraq Homefront

2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

10%

2

Immigration
9

3

Fired US Attorney Scandal

5

4

Iraq Policy Debate

5

5

Lebanon Violence

4

6

General War on Terror

4

7

Iraq Homefront

3

8

Gas/Oil Prices

3

9

US Economic Numbers

3

10

Abortion

2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Events in Iraq

19%

2

Lebanon Violence

15

3

Iraq Policy Debate

7

4

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

6

5

Fired US Attorney Scandal

4

6

Russian Spy Litvinenko Death

4

7

Gas/Oil Prices

4

8

Iran

3

9

North Korea

2

10

Jimmy Carter's Comments about Bush

2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

12%

2

2008 Campaign

8

3

Events in Iraq

8

4

Immigration

6

5

Lebanon Violence

5

6

Gas/Oil Prices

5

7

Iran

5

8

Fired US Attorney Scandal

4

9

Avandia Diabetes Drug

3

10

Whales in Sacramento River

2

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Iraq Policy Debate

14%

2

Immigration

14

3

2008 Campaign

11

4

Events in Iraq

6

5

Lebanon Violence

5

6

Iran

4

7

Rosie O'Donnell

4

8

Gas/Oil Prices

3

9

Fired US Attorney Scandal

3

10

Jimmy Carter's Comments about Bush

2

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Immigration

22%

2

Iraq Policy Debate

15

3

2008 Campaign

7

4

Pew Research Report on Muslim Americans

6

5

Gas/Oil Prices

5

6

Lebanon Violence

3

7

Fired US Attorney Scandal

2

8

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath

2

9

US Domestic Terrorism

2

10

Global Warming

2