PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

June 17 - 22, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	11%
2	Events in Iraq	9
3	Palestinian Conflict	7
4	Ohio Woman	5
5	Immigration	4
6	Charleston Fire	3
7	Energy Debate	3
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Texas Flooding	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	10%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Palestinian Conflict	9
4	Energy Debate	4
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Immigration	2
7	Afghanistan	2
8	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2
9	War on Terror General	1
10	Congress	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	15%
2	Palestinian Conflict	10
3	2008 Campaign	7
4	Charleston Fire	6
5	Media Donations	5
6	Iraq Homefront	5
7	Afghanistan	5
8	North Korea	4
9	US Domestic Terrorism	3
10	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	12%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Charleston Fire	7
4	Palestinian Conflict	5
5	Ohio Woman	5
6	Texas Flooding	4
7	Energy Debate	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
10	Afghanistan	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	18%
2	Ohio Woman	15
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	Immigration	6
5	Iraq Policy Debate	3
6	Charleston Fire	3
7	Texas Flooding	3
8	US Domestic Terrorism	3
9	Palestinian Conflict	2
10	Paris Hilton	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	12%
2	Immigration	10
3	Palestinian Conflict	8
4	Energy Debate	5
5	Talk Show Wars	4
6	Fired US Attorneys	4
7	White House Scandals	4
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Global Warming	2
10	Charleston Fire	2