PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 2 - 8, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	43%
2	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	8
3	Obama Administartion	5
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	NFL Players Missing at Sea	3
6	U.S. Auto Industry	2
7	Afghanistan	2
8	Russia	1
9	Supreme Court Actions	1
10	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	50%
2	Afghanistan	5
3	Obama Administration	4
4	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	3
5	Supreme Court Actions	3
6	Health Care Debate	3
7	Immigration	2
8	Mexican Drug War	2
9	North Korea	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	39%
2	NFL Players Missing at Sea	6
3	U.S. Auto Industry	6
4	Health Care Debate	5
5	Pakistan	5
6	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	4
7	Obama Administration	4
8	Conflict in Sudan/Darfur	4
9	Madoff Banking Scam	3
10	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	39%
2	NFL Players Missing at Sea	6
3	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	5
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	Supreme Court Actions	4
6	Obama Administration	3
7	March Winter Storms	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	3
9	Barbara Bush's Health	2
10	Russia	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	47%
2	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	17
3	Obama Administration	5
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	NFL Players Missing at Sea	2
6	Fired U.S. Attorney Controversy	2
7	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict	1
8	Barbara Bush's Health	1
9	Same-sex Marriage Debate	1
10	General Middle East	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	30%
2	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	15
3	Obama Administration	9
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	Same-sex Marriage	4
6	Iraq Policy Debate	3
7	Afghanistan	2
8	NFL Players Missing at Sea	2
9	Supreme Court Actions	2
10	Russia	2