PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 14 - 19, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	11%
2	Pakistan	6
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Immigration	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Health Care	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
9	Deadly Staph Infections	3
10	Michael Mukasey	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	14%
2	Immigration	6
3	Events in Iraq	6
4	Pakistan	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Iraq Homefront	3
8	Staph Infections	3
9	U.S. Economy	3
10	Michael Mukasey	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	12%
2	2008 Campaign	6
3	U.S. Economy	6
4	Putin's Trip to Iran	6
5	Pedophile Arrested in Thailand	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
8	Health Care	4
9	Baseball Playoffs	3
10	Michael Mukasey	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	7%
2	U.S. Economy	5
3	2008 Campaign	5
4	Tornadoes	5
5	Deadly Staph Infections	4
6	Michael Mukasey	4
7	Iraq Policy Debate	4
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Larry Craig	3
10	October Heat Wave	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	16%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	5
3	Immigration	5
4	Pakistan	5
5	Tornadoes	4
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
7	Events in Iraq	4
8	Dalai Lama Visits the U.S.	3
9	Iran	3
10	Health Care	3

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	9%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	9
3	Health Care	7
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
6	Randi Rhodes' Incident	4
7	Nobel Prizes	3
8	U.S. Economy	3
9	Pakistan	2
10	Dalai Lama Visits the U.S.	2