PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories By Percent

February 18 - 24, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	44%
2	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	7
3	Cuba	6
4	Pakistan	4
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Satellite Brought Down by Navy Missile	2
7	Beef Recall	2
8	Events in Iraq	1
9	Bush's Trip to Africa	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	31%
2	U.S. Economy	9
3	Cuba	7
4	Pakistan	6
5	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	4
6	Beef Recall	3
7	Russia	2
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	29%
2	Cuba	10
3	Pakistan	10
4	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	8
5	Satellite Brought Down by Navy Missile	7
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	Beef Recall	3
8	Kenya Elections and Violence	2
9	Bush's Trip to Africa	2
10	Northern Illinois University Shootings	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	Cuba	7
3	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	7
4	Satellite Brought Down by Navy Missile	4
5	U.S. Economy	4
6	Bush's Trip to Africa	4
7	Pakistan	4
8	Beef Recall	3
9	Northern Illinois University Shootings	2
10	Events in Iraq	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	69%
2	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	8
3	Cuba	2
4	Satellite Brought Down by Navy Missile	2
5	Immigration	1
6	Beef Recall	1
7	Northern Illinois University Shootings	1
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
9	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	1
10	Pakistan	<1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	53%
2	Cuba	8
3	Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia	7
4	Pakistan	4
5	Oscar Awards	2
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Heath Ledger Dies	1
9	Beef Recall	1
10	U.S. Economy	1