PEJ News Coverage Index - Top ten Stories by Percent

June 8 - 14, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	13%
2	Holocaust Museum Shooting in DC	11
3	Health Care Debate	7
4	Iran	6
5	U.S. Auto Industry	6
6	North Korea	6
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
8	Sarah Palin	3
9	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	3
10	Tobacco Legislation	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	26%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	9
3	Iran	6
4	Health Care Debate	5
5	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
6	Tobacco Legislation	5
7	Education System	4
8	Kansas Doctor Killed	3
9	Pakistan	3
10	North Korea	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Iran	9%
2	Economic Crisis	9
3	Holocaust Museum Shooting in DC	8
4	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	7
5	North Korea	6
6	U.S. Auto Industry	5
7	Swine Flu	5
8	Virginia Gubernatorial Elections	4
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
10	Health Care Debate	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Holocaust Museum Shooting in DC	9%
2	North Korea	9
3	Economic Crisis	9
4	U.S. Auto Industry	8
5	Iran	7
6	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	5
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	Who Leads the GOP	2
9	Sarah Palin News	2
10	Health Care Debate	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Holocaust Museum Shooting in DC	20%
2	Health Care Debate	11
3	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	9
4	Economic Crisis	8
5	Sarah Palin News	7
6	North Korea	6
7	Who Leads the GOP	5
8	Iran	4
9	Sonia Sotomayor	3
10	Clark Rockefeller Kidnapping Charges	3

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Holocaust Museum Shooting in DC	14%
2	Health Care Debate	11
3	Economic Crisis	9
4	North Korea	5
5	Sarah Palin News	5
6	Iran	4
7	U.S. Auto Industry	4
8	Pakistan	3
9	Tobacco Legislation	2
10	Sonia Sotomayor	2