PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 23 - 29, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	41%
2	Mexican Drug War	6
3	Flooding in North Dakota	5
4	Afghanistan	5
5	Obama's March 24 Press Conference	4
6	Obama Administartion	4
7	Montana Plane Crash	2
8	Global Warming	2
9	Cyberspace Issues	2
10	Oakland Police Officers Killed	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	42%
2	Mexican Drug War	7
3	New Obama Administration	4
4	Afghanistan	3
5	Cyberspace Issues	3
6	Education System	3
7	China	3
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	111th Congress	2
10	Immigration	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	41%
2	Global Warming	7
3	Afghanistan	6
4	Flooding in North Dakota	5
5	Cyberspace Issues	4
6	Mexican Drug War	3
7	111th Congress	2
8	Montana Plane Crash	2
9	North Korea	2
10	Obama Administration	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	38%
2	Flooding in North Dakota	13
3	Montana Plane Crash	7
4	Mexican Drug War	4
5	Obama's March 24 Press Conference	4
6	Afghanistan	4
7	Lance Armstrong	1
8	Iraq Homefront	1
9	Chinese Product Recalls	1
10	Cyberspace Issues	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	42%
2	Mexican Drug War	9
3	Obama's March 24 Press Conference	9
4	Obama Administration	6
5	Afghanistan	6
6	Flooding in North Dakota	5
7	North Korea	2
8	Pakistan	1
9	Cyberspace Issues	1
10	Montana Plane Crash	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	37%
2	Obama Administration	10
3	Oakland Police Officers Killed	7
4	Mexican Drug War	6
5	Flooding in North Dakota	5
6	Obama's March 24 Press Conference	4
7	Afghanistan	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	1
9	Supreme Court	1
10	Going Green	1