PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

December 2-7, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	19%
2	Iran	11
3	Omaha Mall Shooting	7
4	U.S. Economy	6
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	5
6	Winter Storms	4
7	Immigration	2
8	Venezuela Referendum	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	Iraq Policy Debate	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	14%
2	U.S. Economy	11
3	Iran	9
4	Omaha Mall Shooting	3
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	3
6	Venezuela Referendum	3
7	Iraq Homefront	3
8	Global Warming	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	Holiday Season	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Omaha Mall Shooting	11%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Iran	8
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	7
5	Sudan/British Teacher Teddy Bear Case	6
6	Russia Election	6
7	Winter Storms	5
8	Venezuela Referendum	4
9	U.S. Economy	3
10	Events in Iraq	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	20%
2	Omaha Mall Shooting	15
3	Iran	13
4	Winter Storms	9
5	U.S. Economy	7
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	7
7	Stacy Peterson Case	2
8	Iraq Policy Debate	2
9	Don Imus	1
10	Venezuela Referendum	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	31%
2	Iran	15
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	7
4	Omaha Mall Shooting	6
5	Winter Storms	4
6	Immigration	4
7	U.S. Economy	3
8	Sean Taylor's Death	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	Stacy Peterson Case	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	20%
2	Iran	8
3	Immigration	7
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	4
5	Global Warming	3
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Clinton Headquarters Hostage Situation	2
9	Venezuela Referendum	2
10	U.S. Economy	2