PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 23-29, 2009

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	17%
2	Afghanistan	10
3	Health Care Debate	9
4	White House Party Crashers	5
5	Global Warming	3
6	Thanksgiving Holiday	3
7	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Iran	2
9	Holiday Travel	2
10	US Auto Industry	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	19%
2	Afghanistan	11
3	Global Warming	6
4	Health Care Debate	5
5	Thanksgiving Holiday	4
6	Pollution, Emissions, Going Green	3
7	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	US Auto Industry	3
9	Holiday Season	3
10	White House Party Crashers	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	Afghanistan	10
3	Health Care Debate	7
4	White House Party Crashers	6
5	Iran	6
6	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	5
7	Global Warming	4
8	Holiday Season	3
9	Holiday Travel	3
10	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	Afghanistan	12
3	White House Party Crashers	8
4	Health Care Debate	8
5	Crib Recall	7
6	Global Warming	3
7	Holiday Travel	2
8	Thanksgiving Holiday	2
9	Obama Administration	2
10	Swine Flu	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	14%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	Afghanistan	13
4	Sarah Palin	6
5	White House Party Crashers	5
6	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
7	Holiday Travel	2
8	Tiger Woods	2
9	Thanksgiving Holiday	2
10	Obama Administration	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	21%
2	Health Care Debate	13
3	US Auto Industry	6
4	Swine Flu	5
5	Thanksgiving Holiday	5
6	Obama Administration	4
7	Global Warming	3
8	Afghanistan	3
9	Fort Hood Shootings	2
10	Mumbai Terror Attacks Aftermath	2