{"id":90511,"date":"2007-12-29T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/12\/29\/pej-nci-december-2328-2007\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:12:31","slug":"pej-nci-december-2328-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2007\/12\/29\/pej-nci-december-2328-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Race Remains Top Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publishing a full Weekly News Index report for November 22-28, 2007. PEJ\u00a0is, however, making the data available. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> View the week&#8217;s <a href=\"\/tables_top_ten_story_data_december_2328_2007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Ten Story List<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"top-ten-story-data-december-23-28-2007\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Ten Story Data, December 23-28, 2007<\/h2>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;overall-all-5-sectors&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"overall-all-5-sectors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall (All 5 Sectors)<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids<\/td>\n<td>24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Tiger Escapes SF Zoo<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>US Economic Numbers<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Homefront<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Midwest Snowstorm<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Immigration<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;newspapers&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"newspapers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newspapers<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>US Economic Numbers<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Homefront<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Immigration<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Health Care Debate<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Minneapolis Bridge Collapse<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;online&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"online\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids<\/td>\n<td>16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Tiger Escapes SF Zoo<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>US Economic Numbers<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Midwest Snowstorm<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>WA Xmas Eve Murders<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Panama Plane Crash<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;network-tv&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"network-tv\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Network TV<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Tiger Escapes SF Zoo<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>US Economic Numbers<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Panama Plane Crash<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Midwest Snowstorm<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Global Warming<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;cable-tv&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"cable-tv\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cable TV<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids<\/td>\n<td>42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Tiger Escapes SF Zoo<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Panama Plane Crash<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Immigration<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Homefront<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Missing Girl in Portugal<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;radio&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"radio\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radio<\/h3>\n\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Story<\/th>\n<th>Percent of Newshole<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2008 Presidential Bids<\/td>\n<td>19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Holiday Season<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; Events on the Ground<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Global Warming<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Iran<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Iraq War &#8211; 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