Tables

Top Ten Story Data by Sector: October 12-18, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	21%
2	Economic Crisis	12
3	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	8
4	Afghanistan	7
5	Pakistan	4
6	Swine Flu	4
7	Rush Limbaugh's Failed Rams Bid	2
8	Obama Administration	2
9	Education System	2
10	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	15%
2	Economic Crisis	12
3	Swine Flu	5
4	Pakistan	5
5	Afghanistan	5
6	Education System	4
7	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	3
8	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
9	Cyberspace Issues	3
10	U.S. Airline Industry	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	21%
2	Economic Crisis	17
3	Pakistan	6
4	Afghanistan	6
5	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	5
6	Russia	3
7	Nobel Prizes	3
8	Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize	3
9	Jaycee Dugard	2
10	Obama Administration	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	16%
2	Economic Crisis	15
3	Afghanistan	11
4	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	8
5	Swine Flu	6
6	Pakistan	3
7	Early Winter Weather	3
8	Jaycee Dugard	3
9	Taxes	2
10	California Mudslides	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	29%
2	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	16
3	Afghanistan	7
4	Economic Crisis	5
5	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	5
6	Obama Administration	5
7	Rush Limbaugh's Failed Rams Bid	4
8	Swine Flu	3
9	Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize	2
10	Gays in the Military	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	22%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	7
4	Rush Limbaugh's Failed Rams Bid	6
5	Afghanistain	5
6	Pakistan	3
7	Education System	3
8	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2
9	Events in Iraq	2
10	Global Warming	1