PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

December 9 - 14, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	26%
2	Baseball Steroids Scandal	7
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	7
4	Deep Freeze in Plain States	6
5	Events in Iraq	4
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Colorado Church Shootings	3
8	Global Warming	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Algeria UN Blast	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	13%
2	U.S. Economy	6
3	Baseball Steroids Scandal	6
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	6
5	Writers Strike	4
6	Events in Iraq	4
7	Immigration	4
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Algeria UN Blast	3
10	Global Warming	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	20%
2	Events in Iraq	11
3	Deep Freeze in Plain States	10
4	Global Warming	7
5	Colorado Church Shootings	6
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	5
7	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
8	U.S. Economy	4
9	Algerian UN Blast	3
10	Nobel Prizes	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	25%
2	Deep Freeze in Plain States	13
3	Baseball Steroids Scandal	8
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	7
5	Colorado Church Shootings	5
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Global Warming	3
8	Algeria UN Blast	3
9	Holiday Season	2
10	U.S. Economy	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	40%
2	Baseball Steroids Scandal	10
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	8
4	Immigration	4
5	Colorado Church Shootings	4
6	Deep Freeze in Plain States	2
7	Iran	2
8	U.S. Economy	1
9	Holiday Season	1
10	Michael Vick	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	33%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	11
3	Baseball Steroids Scandal	6
4	Deep Freeze in Plain States	3
5	Holiday Season	3
6	U.S. Economy	3
7	Global Warming	1
8	Events in Iraq	1
9	Colorado Church Shootings	1
10	Writers Strike	1