---
title: "Economic News Eclipses Afghanistan and Health Care"
description: "The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available."
date: "2009-11-30"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2009/11/30/economic-news-eclipses-afghanistan-and-health-care/"
categories:
  - "Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities"
---

# Economic News Eclipses Afghanistan and Health Care

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week.

View the week's [Top Ten Story List ](/pej_news_coverage_index_top_ten_news_stories_percent_november_2329_2009)

## November 23-29, 2009

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Economic Crisis | 17% |

| 2 | Afghanistan | 10 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 9 |

| 4 | White House Party Crashers | 5 |

| 5 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 6 | Thanksgiving Holiday | 3 |

| 7 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 3 |

| 8 | Iran | 2 |

| 9 | Holiday Travel | 2 |

### Newspapers

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Economic Crisis | 19% |

| 2 | Afghanistan | 11 |

| 3 | Global Warming | 6 |

| 4 | Health Care Debate | 5 |

| 5 | Thanksgiving Holiday | 4 |

| 6 | Pollution, Emissions, Going Green | 3 |

| 7 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 3 |

| 8 | US Auto Industry | 3 |

| 9 | Holiday Season | 3 |

### Online

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Economic Crisis | 16% |

| 2 | Afghanistan | 10 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 7 |

| 4 | White House Party Crashers | 6 |

| 5 | Iran | 6 |

| 6 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | 5 |

| 7 | Global Warming | 4 |

| 8 | Holiday Season | 3 |

| 9 | Holiday Travel | 3 |

### Network TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Economic Crisis | 16% |

| 2 | Afghanistan | 12 |

| 3 | White House Party Crashers | 8 |

| 4 | Health Care Debate | 8 |

| 5 | Crib Recall | 7 |

| 6 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 7 | Holiday Travel | 2 |

| 8 | Thanksgiving Holiday | 2 |

| 9 | Obama Administration | 2 |

### Cable TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 14% |

| 2 | Economic Crisis | 13 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 13 |

| 4 | Sarah Palin | 6 |

| 5 | White House Party Crashers | 5 |

| 6 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 4 |

| 7 | Holiday Travel | 2 |

| 8 | Tiger Woods | 2 |

| 9 | Thanksgiving Holiday | 2 |

### Radio

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Economic Crisis | 21% |

| 2 | Health Care Debate | 13 |

| 3 | US Auto Industry | 6 |

| 4 | Swine Flu | 5 |

| 5 | Thanksgiving Holiday | 5 |

| 6 | Obama Administration | 4 |

| 7 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 9 | Fort Hood Shootings | 2 |