PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 7 - 12, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Immigration	6
3	Events in Iraq	6
4	Nobel Prizes	4
5	Cleveland High School Shooting	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
8	Turkey/U.S. Relations	3
9	Wisconsin Murders	3
10	U.S. Economy	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration	8%
2	Events in Iraq	7
3	2008 Campaign	7
4	Health Care	5
5	Iraq Policy Debate	4
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Turkey/U.S. Relations	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
9	General War on Terror	2
10	Energy Debate	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Events in Iraq	14%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Nobel Prizes	8
4	Wisconsin Murders	6
5	Turkey/U.S. Relations	5
6	Cleveland High School Shooting	4
7	Russia/U.S. Relations	4
8	UAW Negotiations	4
9	Pakistan	4
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	15%
2	Nobel Prizes	8
3	Cleveland High School Shooting	5
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Turkey/U.S. Relations	3
6	October Heat Wave	3
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	Princess Diana	2
9	Immigration	2
10	Iran	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	24%
2	Immigration	11
3	Cleveland High School Shooting	7
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	5
5	Wisconsin Murders	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Pennsylvania Teen Arrested with Guns	3
8	Anna Nicole Smith	3
9	Nobel Prizes	2
10	Turkey/U.S. Relations	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	22%
2	Nobel Prizes	5
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
5	Supreme Court	3
6	Immigration	3
7	UAW Negotiations	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Health Care	2
10	U.S. Economy	2