PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

May 4 - 10, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	21%
2	Swine Flu	9
3	Pakistan	5
4	Taxes	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Afghanistan and Pakistan Leaders Meet Obama Administration	3
8	Wildfires in California	3
9	U.S. Auto Industry	3
10	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	3

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	25%
2	Swine Flu	13
3	Pakistan	7
4	Taxes	6
5	David Souter to Retire from Supreme Court	5
6	Baseball Steroids Scandal	3
7	Afghanistan	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	3
9	Obama Administration	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	25%
2	Swine Flu	13
3	Pakistan	7
4	Afghanistan and Pakistan Leaders Meet Obama Administration	6
5	Wesleyan Shooting	5
6	Taxes	5
7	Wildfires in California	4
8	Afghanistan	4
9	U.S. Auto Industry	3
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	23%
2	Swine Flu	10
3	Wildfires in California	8
4	Pakistan	4
5	Southern Storms	4
6	Afghanistan and Pakistan Leaders Meet Obama Administration	3
7	Drew Peterson Scandal	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	John Edwards Affair	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
3	Who Leads the GOP/ Rush Limbaugh Controversy	6
4	Taxes	4
5	Drew Peterson Scandal	4
6	Afghanistan	4
7	Health Care Debate	4
8	Afghanistan and Pakistan Leaders Meet Obama Administration	3
9	Pakistan	3
10	Swine Flu	3

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	15%
2	Health Care Debate	6
3	Taxes	6
4	Somali Pirates	6
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
6	Swine Flu	5
7	Obama Administration	4
8	Pakistan	4
9	U.S. Auto Industry	4
10	Afghanistan	3