PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 21 - 26, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	38%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	Iran	3
5	Iraq Policy Debate	3
6	Health Care	2
7	Baseball World Series	2
8	Immigration	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
10	U.S. Economy	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	19%
2	2008 Campaign	12
3	Events in Iraq	8
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	5
5	Health Care	4
6	Baseball World Series	4
7	Immigration	3
8	October Heat Wave	3
9	Iraq Policy Debate	3
10	Iran	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	33%
2	Events in Iraq	15
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Baseball World Series	6
5	Iran	5
6	Pakistan	4
7	General War on Terror	2
8	U.S. Economy	1
9	Myanmar Protests	1
10	Space Shuttle Discovery	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	53%
2	Events in Iraq	5
3	2008 Campaign	5
4	Iran	4
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	Gas/Oil Prices	3
7	Pakistan	2
8	Myanmar Protests	2
9	Missing U.K. Girl	1
10	Health Care	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	51%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	Iran	4
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Immigration	3
7	Valerie Wilson/CIA Leak	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	1
10	Health Care	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	California Wildfires	35%
2	Events in Iraq	10
3	2008 Campaign	9
4	Iraq Policy Debate	6
5	Health Care	5
6	Immigration	2
7	Iran	1
8	October Heat Wave	1
9	U.S. Economy	1
10	Turkey/U.S. Relations	1