PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 25 - 30, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	19%
2	Mideast Conference	8
3	Clinton Headquarters Hostage Situation	5
4	Pakistan	5
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Sean Taylor's Death	4
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Holiday Season	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	10%
2	Mideast Conference	7
3	Pakistan	7
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Events in Iraq	5
6	Iraq Policy Debate	4
7	Western Fires	4
8	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	3
9	Sean Taylor's Death	3
10	Holiday Season	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	19%
2	Mideast Conference	12
3	Pakistan	11
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	Sean Taylor's Death	5
6	Sudan/British Teacher Teddy Bear Case	5
7	Paris Riots	4
8	Texas Baby Grace Case	3
9	Gas/Oil Prices	2
10	Trent Lott Resignation	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	18%
2	Mideast Conference	13
3	U.S. Economy	8
4	Stacy Peterson Case	6
5	Pakistan	4
6	Holiday Season	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Natalee Holloway Case	2
9	Vice President Cheney's Health	2
10	Sean Taylor's Death	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	Clinton Headquarters Hostage Situation	17
3	Sean Taylor's Death	6
4	Immigration	6
5	Mideast Conference	6
6	Iraq Policy Debate	5
7	Stacy Peterson Case	2
8	Natalee Holloway Case	2
9	Trent Lott Resignation	1
10	Events in Iraq	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	24%
2	Iraq Policy Debate	6
3	Clinton Headquarters Hostage Situation	5
4	Mideast Conference	5
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Holiday Season	3
7	Health Care	3
8	Pakistan	2
9	Global Warming	2
10	Thanksgiving Holiday	2