PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

February 4 - 10, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	55%
2	Southern Tornadoes	7
3	U.S. Economy	5
4	Super Bowl	3
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
6	Bush's 2008 Budget Proposal	2
7	Missouri Shooting at Council Meeting	2
8	Hollywood Writers Strike	1
9	Pakistan	1
10	Iraq Homefront	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	45%
2	U.S. Economy	10
3	Super Bowl	5
4	Hollywood Writers Strike	5
5	Southern Tornadoes	4
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
7	Pakistan	3
8	Bush's 2008 Budget Proposal	3
9	Microsoft Bids for Yahoo	2
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	34%
2	Southern Tornadoes	11
3	Superbowl	6
4	U.S. Economy	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
6	Missouri Shooting at Council Meeting	4
7	Bush's 2008 Budget Proposal	4
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Pakistan	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	53%
2	Southern Tornadoes	12
3	Super Bowl	3
4	Missouri Shooting at Council Meeting	2
5	U.S. Economy	2
6	Natalee Holloway Disappearance	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Snow in the Midwest	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	74%
2	Southern Tornadoes	7
3	U.S. Economy	2
4	Natalee Holloway Disappearance	1
5	Immigration	1
6	Missouri Shooting at Council Meeting	1
7	Iraq Homefront	1
8	Super Bowl	1
9	Snow in the Midwest	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	65%
2	U.S. Economy	5
3	Super Bowl	5
4	Southern Tornadoes	3
5	Hollywood Writers Strike	1
6	Georgia Refinery Blast	1
7	Bush's 2008 Budget Proposal	1
8	Events in Iraq	1
9	Missouri Shooting at Council Meeting	1
10	Baseball Steroids Scandal	<1