PEJ News Coverage Index - Top ten Stories by Percent

May 11 - 17, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	22%
2	Economic Crisis	12
3	Health Care Debate	6
4	U.S. Auto Industry	5
5	Afghanistan	4
6	Buffalo Flight Crash	3
7	Hubble Telescope	3
8	Pope in the Middle East	2
9	Pakistan	2
10	American Soldier Shoots Fellow Soldiers	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	15%
2	Health Care Debate	11
3	U.S. Auto Industry	9
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	7
5	Afghanistan	5
6	Pakistan	3
7	Pollution/ Emissions	3
8	Cyberspace Issues	2
9	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	2
10	Immigration	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	17%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	Pope in the Middle East	7
4	U.S. Auto Industry	6
5	Health Care Debate	5
6	Afghanistan	4
7	Iran	3
8	Pakistan	3
9	Sri Lankan Conflict	3
10	Hubble Telescope	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	11%
2	Buffalo Flight Crash	10
3	Economic Crisis	7
4	Hubble Telescope	7
5	U.S. Auto Industry	6
6	Health Care Debate	6
7	Afghanistan	4
8	American Soldier Shoots Fellow Soldiers	4
9	2008 Chinese Earthquake	3
10	Pope in the Middle East	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	42%
2	Economic Crisis	12
3	Afghanistan	4
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	American Soldier Shoots Fellow Soldiers	3
6	Buffalo Flight Crash	3
7	White House Correspondents Dinner	2
8	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	2
9	Miss USA Controversy	2
10	Hubble Telescope	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	32%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	Health Care Debate	7
4	White House Correspondents Dinner	5
5	Miss USA Controversy	4
6	U.S. Auto Industry	3
7	Pakistan	2
8	Pope in the Middle East	2
9	Hubble Telescope	2
10	David Souter Retires and Replacement	1