PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

Sept. 23 - 28, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	13%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Myanmar Protests	8
4	General Motors Negotiations	5
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Health Care	2
8	US Domestic Terrorism	2
9	Bill O'Reilly's Comments	2
10	Nevada Sex Abuse Video	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	11%
2	Events in Iraq	7
3	Myanmar Protests	6
4	General Motors Negotiations	5
5	Iran	5
6	US Domestic Terrorism	4
7	Michael Mukasey as Attorney General Nominee	3
8	Global Warming	3
9	Health Care	3
10	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Myanmar Protests	21%
2	General Motors Negotiations	12
3	Iran	7
4	2008 Campaign	7
5	Events in Iraq	6
6	Jena 6	4
7	Pakistan	3
8	US Economy	2
9	Bush's United Nations Speech	2
10	Missing UK Girl	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Myanmar Protests	14%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Iran	10
4	General Motors Negotiations	7
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	US Economy	2
7	Health Care	2
8	Travel Delays	2
9	Chinese Product Recalls	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	21%
2	2008 Campaign	15
3	Iraq Policy Debate	7
4	Nevada Sex Abuse Video	6
5	Bill O'Reilly's Comments	6
6	Myanmar Protests	3
7	Immigration	3
8	Jena 6	3
9	Bush's United Nations Speech	3
10	Warren Jeffs Trial	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	28%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	13
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Health Care	5
5	General Motors Negotiations	5
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Bill O'Reilly's Comments	3
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	Myanmar Protests	2
10	Global Warming	1