2005 Annual Report - Network TV Content Analysis

TV journalists have long compared the nightly newscasts to a newspaper front page, and that analogy still holds. In 2004, the two media devoted a similar percentage of their story count (9% for both) and their news hole to the elections (at least up to October when this sample was completed) and the same proportion of their stories to foreign affairs (14% for both).

Topics in the News: Newspapers Versus Network Nightly News, 2004

Percent of All Stories