---
title: "Topline – Part 2"
description: "PEJ News Coverage Index April 1 – June 29, 2007   Radio Top Stories (Percent of Newshole)   2nd QTR Rank Story All Talk News Headlines NPR’s Morning Edition Overall Talk Conservative Talk Liberal Talk QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD 1 2008 Campaign 10.0 9.7 12.9 13.3 13.0 […]"
date: "2007-08-20"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2007/08/20/topline-part-2/"
---

# Topline – Part 2

### PEJ News Coverage Index
April 1 – June 29, 2007

**Radio
****Top Stories**
(Percent of Newshole)

|  2ndQTRRank | Story | All | Talk | News Headlines | NPR’s Morning Edition |

| Overall Talk | Conservative Talk | Liberal Talk |

| QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD |

| 1 | 2008 Campaign | 10.0 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 4.8 |

| 2 | Immigration | 9.5 | 5.4 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 |

| 3 | IraqPolicy Debate* | 7.7 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 10.5 |

| 4 | VA Tech Shootings | 4.2 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 |

| 5 | Don Imus | 3.7 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |

| 6 | Events in Iraq* | 2.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.9 |

| 7 | Fired Attorneys | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | <0.1 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 |

| 8 | Iran | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 |

| 9 | Global Warming | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 |

| 10 | Domestic Terrorism | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |

| 15 | IraqHomefront* | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |

| Iraq War Total (sum of the three starred stories) | 11.5 | 16.7 | 10.1 | 16.0 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 17.9 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 18.6 |

Note: All other stories were less than 1.6% for all radio in the 2nd quarter.

**Radio
****Geographic Focus**
(Percent of Newshole)

|  Geographic Focus | All | Talk | News Headlines | NPR’s Morning Edition |

| Overall Talk | Conservative Talk | Liberal Talk |

| QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD |

| US National | 76% | 74% | 85% | 81% | 82% | 81% | 89% | 83% | 73% | 75% | 55% | 56% |

| US Interests Abroad | 17 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 |

| Foreign(Non-US) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 16 |

| No Specific Geographic Focus | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 |

**Media Sector Summary
Top Stories****
**(Percent of Newshole)

|  2ndQTRRank | Story | All | Newspapers | Online | Network TV | Cable TV | Radio | Cable and Radio Talk |

| QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD |

| 1 | 2008 Campaign | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 15.9 | 14.1 |

| 2 | Events in Iraq* | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 |

| 3 | Iraq PolicyDebate* | 6.6 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 15.3 |

| 4 | Immigration | 5.7 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 5.4 | 11.5 | 7.4 |

| 5 | VA Tech Shootings | 4.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 |

| 6 | Don Imus | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.0 |

| 7 | Iran | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |

| 8 | Fired Attorneys | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.0 |

| 9 | IraqHomefront* | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 |

| 10 | Palestinian Conflict | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |

| 11 | Global Warming | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 |

| 12 | TB Traveler | 1.1 | 0.6 | .3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 |

| 13 | Domestic Terrorism | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |

| 14 | US Economic Numbers | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |

| 15 | Afghan. | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |

| Iraq War Total (sum of the three starred stories) | 14.8 | 18.5 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 15.5 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 18.1 | 11.5 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 18.7 |

Note: All other stories were below 0.9% of the overall newshole for the 2nd quarter.

**Media Sector Summary
****Geographic Focus**
(Percent of Newshole)

|  Geographic Focus | All | Newspapers | Online | Network TV | Cable TV | Radio | Cable and Radio Talk |

| QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD | QTR | YTD |

| US National | 65% | 64% | 64% | 64% | 47% | 47% | 64% | 65% | 74% | 71% | 76% | 74% | 79% | 75% |

| US Interests Abroad | 23 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 23 |

| Foreign(Non-US) | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |

| Local* | <1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |

| No Specific Geographic Focus | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 |

Note: For newspapers, we do not include a local newspaper story in our study unless that story also falls into the realm of one of the Top Stories we are tracking at the time.