PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 20 - 26, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	21%
2	Economic Crisis	18
3	Craigslist Killer	5
4	Obama Administration	5
5	U.S. Auto Industry	4
6	Pakistan	3
7	Summit of the Americas	3
8	Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Troubles	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	Supreme Court Actions	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	26%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	11
3	Obama Administration	5
4	Pakistan	5
5	Immigration	4
6	U.S. Auto Industry	4
7	Health Care Debate	4
8	Swine Flu Outbreak	3
9	Abortion	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	18%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	13
3	Craigslist Killer	9
4	U.S. Auto Industry	5
5	Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Troubles	4
6	Pakistan	3
7	Obama Administration	3
8	Events in Iraq	3
9	Pirates of Somalia	3
10	Supreme Court Actions	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	20%
2	Craigslist Killer	13
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	9
4	U.S. Auto Industry	4
5	Supreme Court Actions	4
6	Myrtle Beach, SC Fires	4
7	Summit of the Americas	3
8	Columbine - 10 Year Anniversary	2
9	Obama Administration	2
10	Pirates of Somalia	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	43%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	Obama Administration	5
4	Pakistan	4
5	Energy Debate	3
6	Summit of the Americas	3
7	Craigslist Killer	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	3
9	Global Warming	2
10	Who Leads the GOP/ Rush Limbaugh Debate	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	31%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	Obama Administration	9
4	Summit of the Americas	5
5	Swine Flu Outbreak	4
6	Cyberspace Issues	4
7	Supreme Court Actions	3
8	Same-sex Marriage Debate	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	U.S. Auto Industry	2