PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

August 5 - August 10, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	16%
2	Utah Mine Accident	13
3	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	6
4	Events in Iraq	5
5	US Domestic Terror Threat	3
6	Stocks Drop August 9th	3
7	US Economic Numbers	3
8	Barry Bonds Breaks HR Record	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	10%
2	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	9
3	Events in Iraq	6
4	US Economic Numbers	6
5	US Domestic Terror Threat	4
6	Stocks Drop August 9th	4
7	2008 Olympics in Beijing	3
8	Energy Debate	3
9	Afghanistan	3
10	Immigration	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	14%
2	Utah Mine Accident	14
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Barry Bonds Breaks HR Record	6
5	Stocks Drop August 9th	5
6	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	4
7	Pakistan	4
8	Newark Murders	3
9	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
10	Afghanistan	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Utah Mine Accident	16%
2	2008 Campaign	14
3	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	6
4	Stocks Drop August 9th	5
5	US Economic Numbers	5
6	Heat Wave	4
7	Barry Bonds Breaks HR Record	4
8	US Domestic Terror Threat	3
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Utah Mine Accident	28%
2	2008 Campaign	23
3	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	6
4	Newark Murders	4
5	Iraq Policy Debate	3
6	US Domestic Terror Threat	2
7	Immigration	2
8	US Economic Numbers	2
9	Iraq Homefront	1
10	Iran	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	27%
2	Global Warming	7
3	US Domestic Terror Threat	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Utah Mine Accident	4
6	Minneapolis Bridge Collapse	3
7	Stocks Drop August 9th	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Pat Tillman	3
10	US Economic Numbers	2