PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

October 28 - November 2, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	17%
2	Events in Iraq	6
3	California Wildfires	4
4	Tropical Storm Noel	4
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Michael Mukasey	4
7	North Carolina Beach House Fire	2
8	Immigration	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	Iran	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	11%
2	Events in Iraq	9
3	California Wildfires	7
4	Iraq Homefront	4
5	Baseball World Series	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Iran	3
8	Michael Mukasey	3
9	Pakistan	2
10	Sudan/Darfur	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Tropical Storm Noel	13%
2	Events in Iraq	11
3	2008 Campaign	8
4	Madrid Bombing Trial	7
5	California Wildfires	5
6	North Carolina Beach House Fire	4
7	U.S. Economy	4
8	Baseball World Series	3
9	Pakistan	3
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	13%
2	U.S. Economy	8
3	Product Recalls	6
4	Tropical Storm Noel	6
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	North Carolina Beach House Fire	4
7	Michael Mukasey	3
8	Supreme Court	3
9	Iraq Policy Debate	3
10	Iran	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	27%
2	Michael Mukasey	5
3	Dog the Bounty Hunter Scandal	4
4	Immigration	4
5	Iraq Policy Debate	4
6	North Carolina Beach House Fire	3
7	Tropical Storm Noel	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	California Wildfires	3
10	Georgia Supreme Court Releases Genarlow Wilson	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	28%
2	California Wildfires	4
3	Events in Iraq	4
4	Michael Mukasey	4
5	Immigration	4
6	Global Warming	4
7	U.S. Economy	4
8	Iran	3
9	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2
10	Supreme Court	2