PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

December 30, 2007 - January 4, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	48%
2	Pakistan	9
3	Kenya Elections and Violence	5
4	New Year's Celebrations	2
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
6	U.S. Economy	2
7	Events in Iraq	2
8	Holiday Season	1
9	Hollywood Writers Strike	1
10	Global Warming	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	Pakistan	12
3	Kenya Elections and Violence	5
4	U.S. Economy	4
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
6	New Year's Celebrations	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Health Care Debate	2
9	Holiday Season	2
10	Hollywood Writers Strike	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	39%
2	Kenya Elections and Violence	16
3	Pakistan	15
4	New Year's Celebrations	5
5	U.S. Economy	3
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	2
9	Sudan Shooting of U.S. Diplomat	1
10	Global Warming	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	59%
2	Pakistan	8
3	Kenya Elections and Violence	4
4	Events in Iraq	2
5	Holiday Season	2
6	U.S. Economy	2
7	New Year's Celebrations	1
8	Tiger Escapes in SF Zoo	1
9	Hollywood Writers Strike	1
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	66%
2	Pakistan	3
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
4	Escaped Prisoner in MD Shot	2
5	Missing Hiker in GA	1
6	Events in Iraq	1
7	Britney Spears	1
8	Holiday Season	1
9	New Year's Celebrations	1
10	China	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	47%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
3	Pakistan	4
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	Global Warming	3
6	Kenya Elections and Violence	2
7	Don Imus Controversial Comments	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	China	2
10	U.S. Economy	1