PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

April 27 - May 3, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu	31%
2	Economic Crisis	10
3	Obama Administration	9
4	Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties	9
5	U.S. Auto Industry	8
6	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	5
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Education System	2
9	Supreme Court Actions	1
10	Pakistan	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu	23%
2	Economic Crisis	17
3	U.S. Auto Industry	8
4	Education System	7
5	Obama Administration	7
6	Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties	5
7	Cyberspace Issues	3
8	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	3
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Energy Debate	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu	34%
2	Obama Administration	12
3	U.S. Auto Industry	11
4	Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties	8
5	Economic Crisis	7
6	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	3
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Craigslist Killer	2
9	North Korea	2
10	Pakistan	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu Outbreak	43%
2	Economic Crisis	10
3	U.S. Auto Industry	8
4	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	7
5	Obama Administration	6
6	Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties	4
7	Supreme Court Actions	3
8	Air Force One Photo Op	2
9	Pirates of Somalia	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu	34%
2	Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties	15
3	Obama Administration	10
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
5	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	8
6	Economic Crisis	5
7	U.S. Auto Industry	4
8	111th Congress	2
9	Presidential Election Results	1
10	Air Force One Photo Op	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Swine Flu	20%
2	Economic Crisis	14
3	Arlen Specter to Switch Political Parties	12
4	Obama Administration	11
5	U.S. Auto Industry	9
6	Health Care Debate	4
7	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	3
8	Energy Debate	3
9	Supreme Court Actions	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1