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	<1
10	Mormon Leader Gordon Hinckley Dies	<1