PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 3 - 8, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Immigration	9
3	US/Russia Relations	7
4	Libby Sentence	5
5	Paris Hilton	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Congressional Corruption	3
8	US Domestic Terrorism	3
9	G-8 Summit	3
10	Terrorist Plot Against JFK Airport	3

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	9%
2	Immigration	8
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Health Care	5
5	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	5
6	US Domestic Terrorism	4
7	Terrorist Plot Against JFK Airport	4
8	Stem Cell Controversy	4
9	US/Russia Relations	4
10	Congressional Corruption	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	US/Russia Relations	20%
2	2008 Campaign	14
3	G-8 Summit	7
4	Libby Sentence	6
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	Congressional Corruption	5
7	US Domestic Terrorism	5
8	Immigration	4
9	Paris Hilton	2
10	US Economic Numbers	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	11%
2	US/Russia Relations	7
3	G-8 Summit	6
4	Tuberculosis Traveler	5
5	Immigration	5
6	Libby Sentence	5
7	Events in Iraq	4
8	Paris Hilton	4
9	Stem Cell Controversy	3
10	Kansas Teen Killed	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	25%
2	Immigration	12
3	Paris Hilton	9
4	Kansas Teen Killed	4
5	US/Russia Relations	4
6	Libby Sentence	4
7	Congressional Corruption	4
8	Iraq Policy Debate	4
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	Terrorist Plot Against JFK Airport	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Immigration	13
3	Libby Sentence	10
4	Paris Hilton	7
5	Terrorist Plot Against JFK Airport	4
6	Congressional Corruption	3
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	War on Terror General	2
9	G-8 Summit	2
10	US/Russia Relations	2