PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

July 1 - 6, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	UK Terror	14%
2	Libby Sentence	11
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Immigration	4
5	July 4th Celebrations	3
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Flooding in Texas/Plains States	3
9	US Domestic Terrorism	2
10	BBC Reporter Released in Gaza	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	UK Terror	12%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Libby Sentence	6
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	Supreme Court	5
6	Immigration	5
7	Beverly Sills Dies	5
8	July 4th Celebrations	3
9	Iraq Homefront	3
10	US Domestic Terrorism	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	UK Terror	22%
2	BBC Reporter Released in Gaza	8
3	Flooding in Texas/Plains States	7
4	Pakistani Mosque Siege	7
5	Libby Sentence	6
6	Iraq Policy Debate	6
7	War on Terror General	5
8	2008 Campaign	3
9	Heat Wave in Western States	3
10	July 4th Celebrations	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	UK Terror	19%
2	Libby Sentence	10
3	2008 Campaign	9
4	July 4th Celebrations	5
5	Flooding in Texas/Plains States	4
6	Heat Wave in Western States	3
7	Global Warming	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Pakistani Mosque Siege	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Libby Sentence	20%
2	UK Terror	13
3	2008 Campaign	9
4	Immigration	6
5	US Domestic Terrorism	4
6	Wrestler Crime	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	July 4th Celebrations	2
9	Iran	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Libby Sentence	11%
2	Immigration	8
3	UK Terror	7
4	Supreme Court	5
5	2008 Campaign	4
6	July 4th Celebrations	4
7	iPhone	3
8	Global Warming	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	US Domestic Terrorism	2