PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

February 11 - 17, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	40%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	6
3	U.S. Economy	6
4	Northern Illinois University Shootings	5
5	Baseball Steroids Scandal	5
6	Hezbullah Leader Imad Mughniyeh Killed in Syria	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Immigration	1
10	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	U.S. Economy	10
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
4	Baseball Steroids Scandal	5
5	Northern Illinois University Shootings	3
6	Events inIraq	3
7	Pakistan	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Iraq Homefront	3
10	Hezbullah Leader Imad Mughniyeh Killed in Syria	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	32%
2	U.S. Economy	7
3	Northern Illinois University Shootings	7
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	6
5	Hezbullah Leader Imad Mughniyeh Killed in Syria	5
6	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	4
7	GM Record Loss of $39 Billion	4
8	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
9	Iraq Policy Debate	3
10	Iraq Homefront	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	10
3	Northern Illinois University Shootings	9
4	U.S. Economy	7
5	Baseball Steroids Scandal	6
6	Hezbullah Leader Imad Mughniyeh Killed in Syria	2
7	Iraq Homefront	1
8	Global Warming	1
9	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	1
10	GM Record Loss of $39 Billion	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	62%
2	Baseball Steroids Scandal	7
3	Northern Illinois University Shooting	6
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
5	U.S. Economy	2
6	Immigration	2
7	Ohio Missing Pregnant Woman	2
8	Chinese Product Recalls	1
9	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	1
10	DOJ Charges Dongfan Chung with Spying for China	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	46%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	6
3	Events in Iraq	3
4	Pakistan	2
5	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2
6	Northern Illinois University Shootings	2
7	U.S. Economy	2
8	War on Terror	2
9	Iraq Policy Debate	2
10	Hollywood Writer's Strike	1