PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

January 6 - 11, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	49%
2	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	4
3	U.S. Economy	3
4	Iran	3
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Missing Marine	3
7	Pakistan	2
8	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	2
9	Tornadoes	1
10	Sir Edmund Hillary Dies	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	43%
2	Pakistan	4
3	U.S. Economy	4
4	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	3
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Health Care	3
7	Supreme Court	3
8	Western Snowstorms	2
9	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	24%
2	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	12
3	Sir Edmund Hillary Dies	6
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	Kenya Elections and Violence	5
6	Iran	5
7	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	5
8	Pakistan	5
9	Tornadoes	4
10	Missing Hiker in Georgia	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	54%
2	U.S. Economy	6
3	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	5
4	Tornadoes	3
5	Iran	3
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Iraq Policy Debate	2
8	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	2
9	Western Snowstorms	1
10	Missing Marine	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	66%
2	Missing Marine	8
3	Iran	7
4	U.S. Economy	3
5	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	2
6	Immigration	2
7	Iraq Policy Debate	1
8	Events in Iraq	1
9	Missing Hiker in Georgia	1
10	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	53%
2	Events in Iraq	7
3	Bush's Trip to the Middle East	2
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	2
5	U.S. Economy	2
6	Iraq Policy Debate	2
7	Iran	1
8	Supreme Court	1
9	Tornadoes	<1
10	Bank of America Buys Countrywide	<1