PEJ News Coverage Index - Top ten Stories by Percent

May 18 - 24, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	19%
2	Economic Crisis	17
3	Pollution/ Emissions	4
4	Netanyahu and Obama Meeting	3
5	Jewish Centers Targeted in NY Plot	3
6	U.S. Auto Industry	2
7	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	Sri Lankan Conflict	2
10	Swine Flu	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	28%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
3	Pollution/ Emissions	5
4	Sri Lankan Conflict	4
5	Iraq Homefront	4
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Education System	3
8	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	2
9	Jewish Centers Targeted in NY Plot	2
10	Health Care Debate	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	13
3	Jewish Centers Targeted in NY Plot	6
4	U.S. Auto Industry	6
5	Pollution/ Emissions	5
6	Sri Lankan Conflict	4
7	Pakistan	3
8	Myanmar Protests and Unrest	3
9	Teen Cancer Patient Refuses Chemo	2
10	China	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	20%
2	Economic Crisis	16
3	Pollution/ Emissions	7
4	Swine Flu	6
5	Memorial Day	4
6	Teen Cancer Patient Refuses Chemo	3
7	Jewish Centers Targeted in NY Plot	2
8	Education System	2
9	American Idol	2
10	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	34%
2	Economic Crisis	9
3	Netanyahu and Obama Meeting	7
4	Who Leads the GOP/ Limbaugh Debate	5
5	Presidential Election Results	4
6	Teen Cancer Patient Refuses Chemo	3
7	Education System	2
8	Obama Administration	2
9	Pollution/ Emissions	2
10	Pakistan	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	23%
2	Economic Crisis	16
3	Notre Dame Speech by Obama	8
4	Pollution/ Emissions	5
5	Jewish Centers Targeted in NY Plot	2
6	U.S. Auto Industry	2
7	Iran	2
8	Obama Administration	2
9	Netanyahu and Obama Meeting	2
10	Swine Flu	2