PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

December 21-27, 2009

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	27%
2	Economic Crisis	9
3	Holiday Season	5
4	Goldman Custody Battle	5
5	Afghanistan	3
6	East Coast Winter Storm	2
7	Iran	2
8	NWA Terror Plot	2
9	Obama Administration	2
10	Midwest Winter Storms	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	20%
2	Economic Crisis	15
3	Holiday Season	9
4	NWA Terror Plot	7
5	Education System	4
6	Mexican Drug War	3
7	US Airline Industry	3
8	East Coast Winter Storm	2
9	War on Terror	2
10	Iran	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	22%
2	Economic Crisis	9
3	Holiday Season	7
4	Balloon Boy Falcon Heene	4
5	Midwest Winter Storms	3
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Goldman Custody Battle	3
8	East Coast Winter Storm	2
9	Iran	2
10	DC Plane Overshoots Jamaican Runway	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	20%
2	Goldman Custody Battle	11
3	DC Plane Overshoots Jamaican Runway	7
4	Economic Crisis	7
5	Holiday Season	6
6	Afghanistan	5
7	East Coast Storm	5
8	Midwest Winter Storms	4
9	Iran	3
10	Education System	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	37%
2	Goldman Custody Battle	9
3	Economic Crisis	8
4	Obama Administration	6
5	Iran	3
6	Iraq War Homefront	3
7	East Coast Winter Storm	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	2010 Elections	2
10	NWA Terror Plot	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	42%
2	Economic Crisis	7
3	Afghanistan	5
4	Holiday Season	4
5	Global Warming	4
6	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	3
7	Midwest Winter Storms	1
8	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
9	Iraq War Policy Debate	1
10	Obama Asia Visit	1