Tables

Top Ten Story Data: March 21-27, 2011

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	47
2	Japan Quake/Tsunami	15
3	Liz Taylor Dies	7
4	Economy	6
5	Sleeping Air Traffic Controller	2
6	2012 Presidential Election	2
7	Health Care Debate	1
8	2010 Census	1
9	Education System	1
10	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	25
2	Japan Quake/Tsunami	16
3	Liz Taylor Dies	13
4	Economy	7
5	Education System	5
6	Geraldine Ferraro Dies	4
7	Immigration	3
8	US Airline Industry	3
9	AT&T-T-Mobile Merger	2
10	2012 Presidential Election	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	36
2	Japan Quake/Tsunami	21
3	Liz Taylor Dies	9
4	Economy	7
5	2010 Census	3
6	Health Care Debate	2
7	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	2
8	AT&T-T-Mobile Merger	1
9	Baseball Steroids Scandal	1
10	China	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	43
2	Japan Quake/Tsunami	22
3	Liz Taylor Dies	7
4	Sleeping Air Traffic Controller	5
5	Prince William Engagement	1
6	2010 Census	1
7	Economy	1
8	Education System	1
9	Afghanistan	1
10	Gas/Oil Prices	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	72
2	Japan Quake/Tsunami	5
3	2012 Presidential Elections	3
4	Oil Rig Explosion	3
5	Economy	2
6	Liz Taylor Dies	2
7	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	1
8	Health Care Debate	1
9	Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers	1
10	2012 Non-Presidential Elections	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Middle East Unrest	64
2	Economy	13
3	Japan Quake/Tsunami	8
4	Liz Taylor Dies	2
5	2012 Presidential Elections	1
6	Health Care Debate	1
7	Obama Administration	<1
8	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	<1
9	Sleeping Air Traffic Controller	<1
10	Baseball Steroids Scandal	<1