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Table 5.7 Continued
Week Beginning
Leading Story (Minutes)
December 27
0
0
January 3
January 10
0
1
January 17
40 ⁄3
January 24
24
January 31
0
2
February 7
2 ⁄3
February 14
66
1
February 21
21 ⁄6
1
February 28
6 ⁄3
5
March 7
16 ⁄6
5
March 14
45 ⁄6
Table 5.8 American Television Coverage of Kosovo
as Leading Story versus Total Coverage in Percentiles
(ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN): January 1,
1998–March 20, 1999
Week Beginning
March 1 Leading Story (% of Total)
21
March 8 19
March 15 42
March 22 0
March 29 0
April 5 0
April 12 0
April 19 0
April 26 31
May 3 0
May 10 0
May 17 0
May 24 0
May 31 22
June 7 39
June 14 47
June 21 0
June 28 0
July 5 0
July 12 0
July 19 0
July 26 0
August 2 0
August 9 0
August 16 0
Continued