PEJ News Coverage Index - Top ten Stories by Percent

May 25 - 31, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination

24%

2

North Korea Nuclear Conflict

12

3

Economic Crisis

9

4

U.S. Auto Industry

7

5

Same Sex Marriage Debate

5

6

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat

3

7

Memorial Day

3

8

Pakistan
2

9

Cyberspace Issues

2

10 Missing Persons

2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination

18%

2

Economic Crisis

14

3

North Korea Nuclear Conflict

8

4

U.S. Auto Industry

7

5

Memorial Day

5

6

Same Sex Marriage Debate 4

7

Iraq Homefront

3

8

Events in Iraq

3

9

Cyberspace Issues 3

10

Education System

3

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

North Korea Nuclear Conflict

17%

2

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination 15

3

U.S. Auto Industry 12

4

Same Sex Marriage Debate

7

5

Economic Crisis 7

6

Pakistan

5

7

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat

5

8
Memorial Day
3

9

Education System
2

10

Phil Spector Trial

2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination

19%

2

North Korea Nuclear Conflict

13

3

U.S. Auto Industry 9

4

Economic Crisis

9

5

Missing Persons

4

6

Teen Cancer Patient Refuses Chemo

3

7

Memorial Day

3

8

Same Sex Marriage Debate 3

9

Cyberspace Issues

3

10

Iraq Homefront 2

 

Cable TV

 

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination

35%

2

North Korea Nuclear Conflict 12

3

Economic Crisis
7

4

U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat

6

5

Same Sex Marriage

5

6

U.S. Auto Industry

4

7

Missing Persons

4

8

Blagojevich Scandal

4

9

Afghanistan

2

10

Cyberspace Issues
1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination

35%

2

Economic Crisis 9

3

Same Sex Marriage Debate
5

4

North Korea Nuclear Conflict 5

5

China

4

6

White House Correspondents Dinner

4

7

Arlen Specter Switches Parties

3

8

Gas/ Oil Prices

3

9

Health Care Debate

3

10

Israeli/ Palestinian Confict 2