PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

January 28 - February 3, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

51%

2

U.S. Economy

7

3

State of the Union

6

4

Kenya Elections and Violence

2

5

Afghanistan

2

6

Events in Iraq

2

7

Super Bowl

2

8

China

1

9

War of Terror

1

10

Pakistan

1

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

33%

2

State of the Union

8

3

U.S. Economic Numbers

7

4

Super Bowl

3

5

Afghanistan

3

6

War on Terror

3

7

Health Care Debate

1

8

Pakistan

1

9

Kenya Elections and Violence

1

10

Immigration

1

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

35%

2

U.S. Economy
8

3

State of the Union 8

4

Kenya Elections and Violence

7

5

Events in Iraq

5

6

Mormon Leader Gordon Hinckley Dies

4

7

Pakistan

3

8

Afghanistan

3

9

China

3

10

Microsoft Bids for Yahoo

2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

49%

2

U.S. Economy

11

3

Events in Iraq
3

4

State of the Union

2

5

Britney Spears

2

6

Iraq Homefront

2

7

China

2

8

Kenya Elections and Violence

1

9

Super Bowl

1

10

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat
1

 

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

76%

2

State of the Union
5

3

U.S. Economy

4

4

China

2

5

Afghanistan

1

6

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat

1

7

Super Bowl

1

8

Natalee Holloway Disappearance

1

9

Hurricane Katrina

1

10

Immigration

1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2008 Campaign

59%

2

State of the Union
8

3

U.S. Economy

4

4

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat

2

5

Afghanistan

1

6

Kenya Elections and Violence

1

7

Iraq Homefront

1

8

Events in Iraq

1

9

Microsoft Bids for Yahoo

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10

Mormon Leader Gordon Hinckley Dies <1