The saga of eight fired US attorneys remained on top of the chart, arcing from 2% overall coverage two weeks ago, to 16% and now to 18%, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism. During the week of 3/18-23/07, the continuing controversy thrust the story to the top of four of the five media charts, and it still grabbed 16% of the online hole, where it was second to stories about Iraq events. Cable managed not only to finally shed its Anna Nicole habit, but became the first medium to mirror the overall top ten stories, so far as we're aware (although not in precisely the same order). There were also a minimum of one-timer stories. The boy scout rescued from the North Carolina woods being the biggest this week. Of the two biggest stories to drop off the charts, one was actually a two-timer, reflecting the duration of President Bush's visit to Latin America, and the other was an ongoing issue propelled to the top by a general's comments about gays in the military.

Top ten lists

Story	Overall	Newspr	Online	NetTV	CATV	Radio
US attorney firings	18%	13%	16%	20%	21%	25%
Iraq policy	12%	6%	8%	15%	16%	21%
Iraq events	9%	5%	21%	13%	7%	5%
2008 campaign	7%	5%	8%	11%	7%	8%
Iraq homefront	4%	7%	4%	3%	4%	x
Iran	3%	2%	6%	2%	5%	3%
Global warming	3%	x	x	2%	3%	11%
Immigration	3%	7%	x	x	2%	x
NC boy scout	2%	x	x	4%	3%	1%
US economic numbers	2%	2%	x	x	3%	1%
Health care debate	x	3%	x	x	x	x
General Mideast	x	2%	x	x	x	x
Domestic terrorism	x	x	4%	x	x	x
North Korea	x	x	3%	x	x	x
Afghanistan	x	x	3%	x	x	1%
Russian mine explosion	x	x	2%	x	x	x
Pet food recall	x	x	x	4%	x	x
Conflict: Sudan/Dafur	x	x	x	2%	x	1%
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism