PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 10 - 15, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration	10%
2	Palestinian Conflict	9
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Fired US Attorneys	3
6	Iraq Policy Debate	3
7	US Domestic Terrorism	2
8	Space Station	2
9	Iran	2
10	CIA Leak/Libby Sentence	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Palestinian Conflict	9%
2	Immigration	8
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	US Economic Numbers	3
6	US Domestic Terrorism	3
7	Iran	2
8	Sopranos TV Show	2
9	Same-sex Marriage	2
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Palestinian Conflict	19%
2	Events in Iraq	15
3	Immigration	8
4	Space Station	5
5	Fired US Attorneys	5
6	TB Traveler	4
7	Afghanistan	3
8	US/Russia Relations	2
9	Beirut Bombing	2
10	US Economic Numbers	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Palestinian Conflict	11%
2	Immigration	9
3	Events in Iraq	8
4	Space Station	4
5	Iraq Policy Debate	4
6	CIA Leak/Libby Sentence	3
7	Duke Lacrosse Scandal	3
8	2008 Campaign	2
9	US Domestic Terrorism	2
10	Energy Debate	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration	15%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Iraq Policy Debate	6
4	Palestinian Conflict	6
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	Fired US Attorneys	3
7	Paris Hilton	3
8	Duke Lacrosse Scandal	3
9	Iran	3
10	LA Hospital Death Case	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration	11%
2	2008 Campaign	8
3	Global Warming	7
4	Fired US Attorneys	7
5	Palestinian Conflict	5
6	Sopranos TV Show	4
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	US Domestic Terrorism	3
9	Iraq Policy Debate	3
10	Hurricane Season	2