During the week of 8/5/07-8/10/07, the Project for Excellence in Journalism from a great deal of disagreement between the five media it tracks as to what should and should not be covered. In fact, only two overall top-10 stories were included on all five individual top 10 lists, and it was a rare week when the #2 story, the Utah mine accident, didn't even make all five (newspapers didn't include it). That incident was tailor-made for the 24/7 newshole on the cable channels, and they propelled it to number one with 28% coverage. The holdover disaster, the Minnesota bridge collapse, held onto 3rd place overall and along with #1 2008 campaign, was the only story to make all five lists. An interesting non-pattern developed beneath the overall top ten list, as different media chose to focus on different international hotspots. Two looked at Afghanistan, and only one each looked at Israel/Palestine, Pakistan and Iran. The biggest story to go away was Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of the Wall Street Journal.

Story	Overall	Newspr	Online	NetTV	CATV	Radio
2008 campaign	16%	10%	8%	14%	23%	27%
UT mine disaster	13%	x	14%	16%	28%	4%
MN bridge collapse	6%	9%	4%	6%	6%	3%
Iraq events	5%	6%	14%	3%	x	x
Domestic terrorism	3%	x	x	3%	2%	5%
8/9 stock drop	3%	4%	5%	5%	x	3%
US economic numbers	3%	6%	x	5%	2%	2%
Barry Bonds HR	3%	x	6%	4%	x	x
Immigration	2%	3%	x	x	2%	3%
Iraq policy	2%	x	x	x	3%	5%
2008 China Olympics	x	3%	x	x	x	x
Energy debate	x	3%	x	x	x	x
Afghanistan	x	3%	3%	x	x	x
Pakistan	x	x	4%	x	x	x
Newark murders	x	x	3%	x	4%	x
Israel/Palestine	x	x	3%	x	x	x
Heat wave	x	x	x	4%	x	x
Iraq homefront	x	x	x	2%	1%	x
Iran	x	x	x	x	1%	x
Global warming	x	x	x	x	x	7%
Pat Tillman	x	x	x	x	x	3%
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism

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