PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Sept. 16 - 21, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	O.J. Simpson	13%
2	Events in Iraq	10
3	2008 Campaign	9
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Jena 6	5
6	US Economy	5
7	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	4
8	Iran	4
9	Health Care	3
10	Iraq Homefront	3

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	14%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	7
4	Health Care	7
5	US Economy	7
6	Norman Hsu Fundraising Scandal	5
7	Iran	5
8	Iraq Policy Debate	3
9	Jena 6	3
10	O.J. Simpson	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	18%
2	O.J. Simpson	8
3	Iraq Homefront	6
4	Jena 6	6
5	2008 Campaign	5
6	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	5
7	US Economy	5
8	Iran	4
9	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
10	Pakistan	4

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	O.J. Simpson	15%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	US Economy	8
4	Events in Iraq	7
5	Jena 6	5
6	Iraq Policy Debate	5
7	Iraq Homefront	5
8	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	3
9	Norman Hsu Fundraising Scandal	2
10	Iran	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	O.J. Simpson	33%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	9
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Jena 6	5
5	Iran	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Florida Student Tasered	3
8	Alan Greenspan's Book	3
9	Immigration	2
10	US Domestic Terrorism	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	17%
2	Florida Student Tasered	6
3	Iraq Policy Debate	6
4	Jena 6	5
5	O.J. Simpson	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Iran	4
8	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	4
9	Immigration	3
10	Dan Rather Lawsuit	3