The five media surveyed by the Project for Excellence in Journalism expressed a great deal of disagreement on which stories were deserving of the spotlight during the week of 10/14/07-10/19/07, but they all agreed that the 2008 presidential campaign was deserving of some degree, putting it back on top of the chart with an 11% overall share of the newshole. No other story earned above 6%, which was the score that Pakistan events earned thanks to a strong showing online. Adding Iraq, Pakistan and terrorism stories together, however, gets one to 18% overall, underscoring the ongoing focus on Mideast strife. The biggest story from the previous week to disappear from the top ten charts entirely was the student shooting in Cleveland.
| Story |
Overall |
Newspr |
Online |
NetTV |
CATV |
Radio |
| 2008 campaign |
11% |
14% |
6% |
5% |
16% |
9% |
| Pakistan |
6% |
5% |
12% |
7% |
5% |
2% |
| Iraq policy |
5% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
9% |
| Iraq events |
4% |
6% |
x |
3% |
4% |
6% |
| Immigration |
3% |
6% |
x |
x |
5% |
x |
| US economy |
3% |
3% |
6% |
5% |
x |
3% |
| Health care |
3% |
x |
4% |
x |
2% |
7% |
| Domestic terrorism |
3% |
4% |
x |
x |
4% |
4% |
| Staph infection |
3% |
3% |
x |
4% |
x |
x |
| Michael Mukasey |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
x |
x |
| Iraq homefront |
x |
3% |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Putin's trip to Iran |
x |
x |
6% |
x |
x |
x |
| Pedophile in Thailand |
x |
x |
4% |
x |
x |
x |
| Israel/Palestine |
x |
x |
4% |
x |
x |
x |
| Baseball playoffs |
x |
x |
3% |
x |
x |
x |
| Tornadoes |
x |
x |
x |
5% |
4% |
x |
| Larry Craig |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
x |
x |
| October heat wave |
x |
x |
x |
2% |
x |
x |
| Dalai Lama to US |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
2% |
| Iran |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
x |
| Randi Rhodes incident |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
4% |
| Nobel prizes |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
3% |
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism
