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