PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Sept. 9 - 14, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	36%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	9/11 Commemorations	5
4	2008 Campaign	5
5	Missing UK Girl	2
6	Pakistan	2
7	Hurricane Humberto	2
8	bin Laden Video	2
9	US Economy	2
10	US Domestic Terrorism	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	25%
2	Events in Iraq	8
3	9/11 Commemorations	7
4	2008 Campaign	4
5	US Domestic Terrorism	3
6	Global Warming	3
7	Pakistan	3
8	US Economy	3
9	Health Care	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	29%
2	Indonesian Earthquakes	6
3	Pakistan	6
4	Japanese Prime Minister Resigns	5
5	bin Laden Video	5
6	Missing UK Girl	4
7	9/11 Commemorations	3
8	Brittney Spears	3
9	Hurricane Humberto	3
10	Putin Dissolves Russian Government	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	44%
2	Events in Iraq	5
3	Hurricane Humberto	4
4	9/11 Commemorations	3
5	US Economy	3
6	2008 Campaign	3
7	Missing UK Girl	2
8	Iran	2
9	bin Laden Video	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	47%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	2008 Campaign	5
4	9/11 Commemorations	4
5	OJ Simpson	4
6	Immigration	3
7	Missing UK Girl	3
8	Miami Cops Shot	2
9	Hurricane Humberto	2
10	Iran	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iraq Policy Debate	40%
2	2008 Campaign	10
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	9/11 Commemorations	5
5	Health Care	2
6	Putin Dissolves Russian Government	1
7	bin Laden Video	1
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Hurricane Humberto	1
10	General War on Terror	1