PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

February 16 - 22, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	39%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	6
3	Obama Administration	4
4	Blagojevich scandal	3
5	Afghanistan	3
6	Chimp Attack	3
7	Buffalo Flight Crash	3
8	Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia	2
9	Obama's Trip to Canada	2
10	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	42%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	9
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	4
4	Obama Administration	3
5	Afghanistan	3
6	Pakistan	2
7	Chandra Levy	2
8	Immigration	2
9	Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia	2
10	Obama's Trip to Canada	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	34%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	9
3	Blagojevich scandal	4
4	Buffalo Flight Crash	4
5	Chimp Attack	4
6	Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia	4
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Israel Internal Politics	3
9	Pakistan	3
10	Oscar Awards	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	43%
2	Buffalo Flight Crash	6
3	U.S. Auto Industry	4
4	Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia	4
5	Allen Stanford Scam	3
6	Obama's Trip to Canada	3
7	Blagojevich scandal	2
8	Chimp Attack	2
9	Conflict in Sudan/ Darfur	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	40%
2	Obama Administration	9
3	Baseball Steroids Scandal	6
4	Blagojevich scandal	6
5	Chimp Attack	4
6	Eric Holder's Race Comments	3
7	U.S. Auto Industry	3
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Allen Stanford Scam	2
10	Obama's Trip to Canada	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	40%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	5
3	Obama Administation	5
4	Afghanistan	5
5	Chimp Attack	5
6	Eric Holder's Race Comments	4
7	Pakistan	2
8	China	2
9	Fairness Doctrine	2
10	Blagojevich scandal	1