PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 27 - June 1, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Tuberculosis Traveler	12%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	Iraq Homefront	4
5	Immigration	4
6	Iran	4
7	Iraq Policy Debate	4
8	Global Warming	2
9	Sudan/Darfur	2
10	Afghanistan	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	8%
2	Events in Iraq	8
3	Immigration	5
4	Iraq Homefront	5
5	Tuberculosis Traveler	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	3
7	Global Warming	3
8	War on Terror General	3
9	Supreme Court	2
10	Energy Debate	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	14%
2	Iran	10
3	Tuberculosis Traveler	6
4	Iraq Homefront	5
5	2008 Campaign	5
6	Russian Spy Litvinenko Death	4
7	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
8	Sudan/Darfur	4
9	Afghanistan	3
10	Russia - US Relations	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Tuberculosis Traveler	16%
2	2008 Campaign	7
3	Iran	7
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	Global Warming	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Sudan/Darfur	3
8	Iraq Homefront	3
9	Afghanistan	3
10	Memorial Day	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Tuberculosis Traveler	24%
2	2008 Campaign	13
3	Immigration	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Iran	4
6	Iraq Homefront	4
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Rosie O'Donnell	2
9	Dan Bartlett Resigns	2
10	Chavez Closes Venezuelan TV Station	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Immigration	9
3	Iraq Policy Debate	7
4	Tuberculosis Traveler	7
5	Iraq Homefront	5
6	Events in Iraq	5
7	Congress	4
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Global Warming	2
10	Iran	1