PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

January 21 - 27, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	39%
2	U.S. Economy	19
3	Heath Ledger Dies	4
4	NFL Playoffs	2
5	Events in Iraq	2
6	Egypt Allows Palestinians to Cross Border	2
7	Iran	1
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday	1
10	Oscar Awards	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	U.S. Economy	23
3	NFL Playoffs	6
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Iraq Homefront	3
6	Martin luther King Jr. Holiday	2
7	Heath Ledger Dies	1
8	Kenya Elections and Violence	1
9	Health Care Debate	1
10	Beijing Olympics	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	23%
2	U.S. Economy	13
3	Egypts Allows Palestinians to Cross Border	9
4	Iran	7
5	Oscar Awards	5
6	Heath Ledger Dies	5
7	Events in Iraq	4
8	Pakistan	2
9	War on Terror	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	36%
2	U.S. Economy	26
3	Heath Ledger Dies	6
4	Events in Iraq	2
5	Egypt Allowing Palestinians to Cross Border	2
6	China	1
7	Iraq Homefront	1
8	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday	1
9	NFL Playoffs	1
10	Heart Disease Research	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	61%
2	U.S. Economy	12
3	Heath Ledger Dies	7
4	Las Vegas Hotel Fire	2
5	Stacey Peterson Case	2
6	Immigration	2
7	Missing Marine	1
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Prevention	1
9	Fidel Castro's Health	1
10	Jena Louisiana Controversy	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	45%
2	U.S. Economy	22
3	NFL Playoffs	2
4	Global Warming	2
5	Oscar Awards	1
6	Heath Ledger Dies	1
7	Egypt Allowing Palestinians to Cross Border	1
8	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday	1
9	Jena Louisiana Controversy	<1
10	Events in Iraq	<1