Tables

Top Ten Story Data: May 9-15, 2011
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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Osama bin Laden Killed
24%

2

Economy 
9

3

May Flooding 9

4

2012 Presidential Election
8

5

Middle East Unrest
7

6

Gas/Oil Prices
4

7

Immigration 3

8

Obama Administration
3

9

John Ensign Affair
2
10 Education System 2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Economy  14%

2

Osama bin Laden Killed 9

3

2012 Presidential Election
9

4

Middle East Unrest 8

5

May Flooding 8

6

Education System
4

7

Immigration
3

8

Japan Quake/Tsunami
3

9

Iraq War - Events on the Ground 3

10

Cyberspace Issues
2

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Osama bin Laden Killed
22%

2

Economy
10

3

Middle East Unrest
10

4

2012 Presidential Election
8

5

May Flooding
7

6

Gas/Oil Prices
6

7

Japan Quake/Tsunami
3
8
John Ensign Affair
2

9

Muslim Backlash 2

10

Immigration  2

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

May Flooding
19%

2

Osama bin Laden Killed
16

3

2012 Presidential Election
10

4

Economy
6

5

Immigration   5

6

Middle East Unrest
5

7

Education System
4

8

China 3

9

Shriver-Schwarzenegger Split 2

10

Mexican Drug War
2

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Osama bin Laden Killed
41%

2

May Flooding
9

3

2012 Presidential Election
8

4

Immigration
5

5

Gas/Oil Prices
4

6

Economy
4

7

Middle East Unrest 
3

8

John Ensign Affair 3

9

Obama Administration
2

10

Abortion Controversy
1

 

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Osama bin Laden Killed
29%

2

Obama Administration
13

3

Economy  13

4

May Flooding
6

5

Immigration
5

6

2012 Presidential Election
5

7

Middle East Unrest
5

8

Gas/Oil Prices 4

9

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
3

10

Iran
2