Tables

Top Ten Story Data: May 23-29, 2011
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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
22%

2

Economy
12

3

2012 Presidential Election
9

4

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
5

5

Middle East Unrest
5

6

Mladic War Crimes Arrest
3

7

Obama's Europe Trip 3

8

Supreme Court Actions
2

9

Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal
1
10 Casey Anthony Trial
1

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
11%

2

Economy
11

3

Middle East Unrest 9

4

Mladic War Crimes Arrest 6

5

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
5

6

2012 Presidential Election
4

7

Afghanistan
4

8

China
3

9

Gas/Oil Prices
3

10

Supreme Court Actions
3

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
12%

2

Middle East Unrest
10

3

Economy
9

4

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
8

5

Obama's Europe Trip
7

6

2012 Presidential Election
6

7

Mladic War Crimes Arrest 5
8
Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal
4

9

Casey Anthony Trial
2

10

Air France Plane Crash
2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
46%

2

2012 Presidential Election
8

3

Oprah's Show Ends
5

4

Mladic War Crimes Arrest 4

5

Obama's Europe Trip
4

6

Middle East Unrest
3

7

Economy
2

8

Air France Plane Crash 2

9

Gas/Oil Prices
2

10

Immigration
2

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
38%

2

Economy
16

3

2012 Presidential Election
15

4

Casey Anthony Trial
3

5

Osama bin Laden Killed
2

6

Health Care Debate
2

7

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
2

8

John Edwards Affair
2

9

NY-26 Election
1

10

Terror Threats/ Homeland Security 1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Economy
19%

2

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
15

3

2012 Presidential Election
14

4

Joplin & Midwest Tornadoes
9

5

Obama's Europe Trip 2

6

Middle East UnrestĀ  2

7

IranĀ  2

8

Leadership/Future of GOP 2

9

Pakistan 2

10

Iraq War - Events on the Ground
2