PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 13 - 19, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	18%
2	Pirates of Somalia	16
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	7
4	Tea Party Protests	7
5	Mexican Drug War	6
6	Obama Administration	3
7	Cuba	2
8	Immigration	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	North Korea	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	18%
2	Pirates of Somalia	8
3	Obama Administration	6
4	Immigration	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
6	Mexican drug war	4
7	Education System	3
8	Pakistan	2
9	Health Care Debate	2
10	U.S. Auto Industry	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	23%
2	Pirates of Somalia	17
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
4	Mexican Drug War	7
5	Tea Party Protests	6
6	Obama Administration	3
7	North Korea	3
8	Masters Golf Tournament	2
9	Thailand Protests	2
10	Immigration	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pirates of Somalia	25%
2	Economic Crisis	14
3	Mexican Drug War	6
4	Cuba	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
6	Global Warming	3
7	Pakistan	2
8	Energy Debate	2
9	Obama Administration	2
10	Sandra Cantu, Missing Girl Found Dead	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pirates of Somalia	17%
2	Tea Party Protests	14
3	Economic Crisis	14
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	10
5	Mexican Drug War	8
6	Cuba	4
7	Taxes/Tax Day	2
8	Blagojevich Scandal	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	Congressional Election Results	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	18%
2	Tea Party Protests	15
3	Pirates of Somalia	13
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	12
5	Mexican Drug War	5
6	Congressional Election Results	2
7	Obama Administration	2
8	U.S. Airline Industry	1
9	North Korea Nuclear Conflict	1
10	Cuba	1