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