PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

November 24 - 30, 2008

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Mumbai Terror Attacks	23%
2	New Obama Administration	20
3	Financial Crisis	17
4	Holiday Season	3
5	Events in Iraq	3
6	Thanksgiving	2
7	Thailand Protests/Unrest	2
8	Presidential Election Results	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	1
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Comabt	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	21%
2	New Obama Administration	19
3	Mumbai Terror Attacks	14
4	Events in Iraq	4
5	Holiday Season	2
6	Cyberspace Issues	2
7	Thanksgiving Holiday	2
8	Iraq Homefront	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	Congressional Political Corruption Scandals	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Mumbai Terror Attacks	18%
2	New Obama Administration	16
3	Financial Crisis	15
4	Thailand Protests Unrest	10
5	Events in Iraq	7
6	Holiday Season	5
7	Thanksgiving Holiday	5
8	FDA Tainted Imported Food	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	War on Terror	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	New Obama Administration	20%
2	Mumbai Terror Attacks	18
3	Financial Crisis	18
4	Holiday Season	6
5	Holiday Travel	4
6	Events in Iraq	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorismand Efforts to Combat	2
8	Thanksgiving Holiday	2
9	Worldwide Food Shortage	1
10	Myspace Suicide Case	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Mumbai Terror Attacks	45%
2	New Obama Administration	28
3	Financial Crisis	11
4	U.S. Auto Industry	3
5	Holiday Season	2
6	Events in Iraq	1
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
8	Presidential Election Results	1
9	Natalee Holloway	1
10	Travel During the Holidays	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Financial Crisis	19%
2	New Obama Administration	13
3	Presidential Election Results	12
4	Mumbai Terror Attacks	10
5	Presidential Election Results	5
6	Holiday Season	4
7	New 111th Congress	3
8	Thanksgiving Holiday	3
9	Immigration	2
10	Travel During the Holidays	1