PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

February 9 - 15, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	47%
2	Obama Administration	6
3	Buffalo Flight Crash	5
4	Israel Internal Politics	2
5	Australian Fires	2
6	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	2
7	Afghanistan	2
8	Iran	1
9	Octuplets in California	1
10	Lincoln Bicentennial Commemorated	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	52%
2	Afghanistan	3
3	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	3
4	Israel Internal Politics	2
5	Lincoln Bicentennial Commemorated	2
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Octuplets in California	2
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2
10	Iran	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	36%
2	Buffalo Flight Crash	8
3	Israel Internal Politics	6
4	Australian Fires	6
5	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	3
6	Obama Administration	3
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	U.S. Auto Industry	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	40%
2	Buffalo Flight Crash	11
3	Plane Lands in the Hudson	6
4	Australian Fires	4
5	Obama Administration	4
6	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	4
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Tornadoes in Oklahoma	3
9	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2
10	Octuplets in California	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	59%
2	Obama Administration	13
3	Buffalo Flight Crash	6
4	Blagojevich Scandal	1
5	Haleigh Cummings, Missing Florida Girl	1
6	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	1
7	Calls to Investigate Bush White House	1
8	Afghanistan	1
9	Tornadoes in Oklahoma	1
10	Octuplets in California	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	44%
2	Obama Administration	6
3	Iran	4
4	Fairness Doctrine	3
5	Calls to Investigate Bush White House	3
6	Afghanistan	2
7	Australian Fires	2
8	Buffalo Flight Crash	2
9	New 111th Congress	2
10	Events in Iraq	2