Tables

Top Ten Story Data by Sector: October 19-25, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	15%
2	Afghanistan	13
3	Health Care Debate	10
4	Swine Flu	5
5	Obama White House vs. Fox News	5
6	Obama Administration	3
7	Iran	3
8	NWA Flight Overshoots Airport	2
9	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	2
10	Somer Thompson Murder	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Afghanistan	17%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	Swine Flu	5
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	China	3
6	Pollution, Emissions, Going Green	3
7	Roman Polanski Arrested	3
8	Education System	2
9	Iran	2
10	Obama Administration	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Afghanistan	17%
2	Economic Crisis	17
3	Iran	7
4	NWA Flight Overshoots Airport	4
5	Pakistan	4
6	Health Care Debate	3
7	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	3
8	Pollution, Emissions, Going Green	2
9	Sarah Palin	2
10	Somer Thompson Murder	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	Swine Flu	11
3	Afghanistan	10
4	'Balloon Boy' Falcon Heene	7
5	Somer Thompson Murder	6
6	NWA Flights Overshoots Airport	5
7	Health Care Debate	4
8	Obama White House vs. Fox News	3
9	Mexican Drug War	2
10	Pakistan	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	21%
2	Economic Crisis	15
3	Obama White House vs. Fox News	12
4	Afghanistan	11
5	Swine Flu	4
6	Obama Administration	4
7	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
8	2010 Elections	3
9	NJ Gubernatorial Race	2
10	Somer Thompson Murder	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	20%
2	Economic Crisis	14
3	Obama White House vs. Fox News	12
4	Obama Administration	10
5	Afghanistan	4
6	Swine Flu	4
7	Virginia Gubernatorial Election	4
8	Global Warming	3
9	U.S. Airline Industry	2
10	Baseball Playoffs/World Series	2