In another head-to-head news dominance duel, domestic terror edged the economic crisis during the week of 5/18-09-5/24/09, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
That’s not the way it went down in individual media, however. Newspapers said economy 28%, terror 8%. Cable saw it the other way: terror 34%, economy 9%.
No story charted anywhere with less than 2%, and 14 stories made an individual media list despite not having enough moxie to make the overall top ten list, a sure sign of a lack of any big attention-hog narratives.
| Story | Overall | Newspaper | Online | Net.TV | CATV | Radio |
| Domestic terrorism | 19% | 8% | 13% | 20% | 34% | 23% |
| Economic crisis | 17% | 28% | 16% | 16% | 9% | 16% |
| Pollution/emissions | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 5% |
| Netanyahu & Obama meet | 3% | x | x | x | 7% | 2% |
| Jewish Centers/NYC plot | 3% | 2% | 6% | 2% | x | 2% |
| US auto industry | 2% | x | 6% | x | x | 2% |
| Obama Notre Dame speech | 2% | 2% | x | 2% | x | 8% |
| Pakistan | 2% | x | 3% | x | 2% | x |
| Sri Lankan conflict | 2% | 4% | 4% | x | x | x |
| Swine flu | 2% | x | x | 6% | x | 2% |
| Iraq homefront | x | 4% | x | x | x | x |
| Afghanistan | x | 3% | x | x | x | x |
| Educational system | x | 3% | x | 2% | 2% | x |
| Health care debate | x | 2% | x | x | x | x |
| Myanmar protests/unrest | x | x | 3% | x | x | x |
| Teen cancer patient refuses chemo | x | x | 2% | 3% | 3% | x |
| China | x | x | 2% | x | x | x |
| Memorial Day | x | x | x | 4% | x | x |
| American Idol | x | x | x | 2% | x | x |
| Who leads GOP/Limbaugh debate | x | x | x | x | 5% | x |
| Presidential election results | x | x | x | x | 4% | x |
| Obama administration | x | x | x | x | 2% | 2% |
| Iran | x | x | x | x | x | 2% |
