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