PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 4 - 9, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	17%
2	2008 Campaign	15
3	Events in Iraq	3
4	Gas/Oil Prices	3
5	O.J. Simpson	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Product Recalls	2
8	Immigration	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	17%
2	2008 Campaign	15
3	Events in Iraq	6
4	Gas/Oil Prices	5
5	Citigroup Shakeup	5
6	Drops in the Stock Market	3
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
9	Hollywood Writers' Strike	2
10	Myanmar	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	27%
2	2008 Campaign	6
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Product Recalls	5
5	Michael Mukasey	4
6	Afghanistan	3
7	November State/Local Elections	3
8	Bernard Kerik Indicted	3
9	Hollywood Writers' Strike	2
10	Flooding in Mexico	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	21%
2	2008 Campaign	12
3	Product Recalls	4
4	U.S. Economy	4
5	Gas/Oil Prices	4
6	Global Warming	3
7	Hollywood Writers' Strike	3
8	Drops in the Stock Market	2
9	Energy Debate	2
10	Oprah's South African School Scandal	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	25%
2	Pakistan	11
3	O.J. Simpson	7
4	Immigration	7
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Product Recalls	2
8	Dog the Bounty Hunter Scandal	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Bernard Kerik Indicted	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Effort to Impeach Vice President Cheney	12%
2	2008 Campaign	11
3	Pakistan	8
4	Global Warming	8
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
6	Gas/Oil Prices	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Hollywood Writers' Strike	2
10	Events in Iraq	2