This statistic presents the top news stories on cable news channels in the United States in 2011. The struggling economy was the most important news story on FOX News and MSNBC, while CNN focused on the unrest in the Middle East. The data reveals a difference in focus across the three major cable news channels. For a statistic on top news stories across all news media click here.
Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011
(percent of newshole*)
* The percentages are based on "newshole," or the space devoted to each subject in print and online and time on radio and TV. PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index examines the news agenda of 52 different outlets from five sectors of the media: print, online, network TV, cable and radio. The weekly study is designed to provide news consumers, journalists and researchers with hard data about what stories and topics the media are covering, the trajectories of that media narrative and differences among news platforms.
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Pew Research Center. (December 21, 2011). Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011 (percent of newshole*) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/
Pew Research Center. "Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011 (percent of newshole*)." Chart. December 21, 2011. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011 (percent of newshole*). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/
Pew Research Center. "Top News Stories on U.S. Cable News Channels in 2011 (Percent of Newshole*)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/
Pew Research Center, Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011 (percent of newshole*) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Top news stories on U.S. cable news channels in 2011 (percent of newshole*) [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 21, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/214301/top-news-stories-on-us-cable-news-channels/
