PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

July 29 - August 3, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	25%
2	2008 Campaign	8
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	Rupert Murdoch/Wall Street Journal	3
6	Justice Roberts' Health	3
7	Alberto Gonzales Controversies	2
8	US Domestic Terror Threat	2
9	Ingmar Bergman Dies	2
10	US/UK Summit	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	10%
2	2008 Campaign	8
3	Events in Iraq	6
4	Ingmar Bergman Dies	5
5	Rupert Murdoch/Wall Street Journal	5
6	Iraq Homefront	4
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Health Care	3
9	US Economic Numbers	2
10	Justice Roberts' Health	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	22%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	Afghanistan	5
4	US/UK Summit	4
5	2008 Campaign	4
6	US Economic Numbers	4
7	Global Warming	4
8	Rupert Murdoch/Wall Street Journal	3
9	Pat Tillman	3
10	Justice Roberts' Health	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	29%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	2008 Campaign	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Justice Roberts' Health	5
6	US/UK Summit	3
7	Pat Tillman	3
8	US Domestic Terror Threat	3
9	Drug Avandia	2
10	Political Corruption Scandals	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	43%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	US Domestic Terror Threat	4
4	Immigration	3
5	Alberto Gonzales Controversies	3
6	Michael Vick	2
7	Iraq Policy Debate	2
8	Justice Roberts' Health	2
9	Connecticut Murders	2
10	Political Corruption Scandals	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	19%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Alberto Gonzales Controversies	7
4	Iraq Policy Debate	4
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Pat Tillman	3
7	Michael Vick	3
8	Rupert Murdoch/Wall Street Journal	3
9	Immigration	2
10	US Domestic Terror Threat	2