PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

March 9 - 15, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	35%
2	Obama Administration	7
3	Madoff Banking Scam	7
4	Stem Cell Controversy	5
5	Alabama Gunman	3
6	China	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Health Care Debate	2
9	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	2
10	Mexican Drug War	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	44%
2	Stem Cell Controversy	5
3	Obama Administration	4
4	Immigration	4
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Madoff Banking Scam	4
7	China	3
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Health Care Debate	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	28%
2	Madoff Banking Scam	6
3	Stem Cell Controversy	6
4	Alabama Gunman	5
5	China	5
6	Obama Administration	4
7	German High School Shooting	2
8	Events in Iraq	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Immigration	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	34%
2	Madoff Banking Scam	15
3	Obama Administartion	8
4	Alabama Gunman	5
5	Stem Cell Controversy	4
6	Illinois Church Shooting	2
7	Congressional Election Results	2
8	China	1
9	U.S. Auto Industry	1
10	Mexican Drug War	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	35%
2	Obama Administration	10
3	Madoff Banking Scam	6
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
5	Stem Cell Controversy	4
6	Mexican Drug War	3
7	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	3
8	Alabama Gunman	2
9	Bush's Last Days in White House	2
10	China	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	29%
2	Stem Cell Controversy	11
3	Obama Administartion	7
4	Who Leads the GOP? Limbaugh Controversy	6
5	Health Care Debate	5
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Madoff Banking Scam	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
9	111th Congress	1
10	Newspaper Industry Troubles	1