PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

January 26 - February 1, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	45%
2	Blagojevich Scandal	8
3	New Obama Administration	7
4	Super Bowl	3
5	Snow and Ice Storms	2
6	Events in Iraq	2
7	Afghanistan	2
8	Going Green	2
9	Gaza Conflict	2
10	U.S. Auto Industry	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	42%
2	Super Bowl	8
3	New Obama Administration	6
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Russia	4
6	Afghanistan	4
7	Blagojevich Scandal	2
8	Global Warming	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	New 111th Congress	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	43%
2	Blagojevich Scandal	7
3	Snow and Ice Storms	4
4	John Updike Dies	4
5	New Obama Administration	3
6	Gaza Conflict	3
7	Afghanistan	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	3
9	Events in Iraq	3
10	Going Green	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	36%
2	Blagojevich Scandal	10
3	Octuplets in California	6
4	Snow and Ice Storms	6
5	New Obama Administartion	5
6	Peanut Butter Containing Salmonella	3
7	Gaza Conflict	2
8	Super Bowl	2
9	Madoff Banking Scam	2
10	Going Green	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	54%
2	Blagojevich Scandal	13
3	New Obama Administration	11
4	Presidential Election Results	3
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2
6	Going Green	2
7	Global Warming	1
8	General Middle East	1
9	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	1
10	Octuplets in California	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	48%
2	New Obama Administration	11
3	Blagojevich Scandal	6
4	Health Care	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
6	Gaza Conflict	2
7	U.S. Auto Industry	1
8	Snow and Ice Storms	1
9	Iran	1
10	Going Green	1