Top Ten Stories

July 13 - 19, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Sonia Sotomayor	22%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	Health Care Debate	11
4	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	6
5	Murdered Florida Couple	5
6	Jakarta Bombings	2
7	Michael Jackson Dies	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	2
10	North Korea	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	19%
2	Health Care Debate	14
3	Sonia Sotomayor	13
4	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	9
5	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	6
6	North Korea	3
7	Afghanistan	2
8	China	2
9	Education System	2
10	Sarah Palin	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Sonia Sotomayor	24%
2	Economic Crisis	16
3	Health Care Debate	6
4	Murdered Florida Couple	5
5	Jakarta Bombings	4
6	Iran	4
7	North Korea	3
8	NAACP 100th Anniversary	3
9	Sarah Palin	3
10	Iran Plane Crash	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Sonia Sotomayor	18%
2	Murdered Florida Couple	12
3	Economic Crisis	12
4	Health Care Debate	11
5	Michael Jackson Dies	5
6	Afghanistan	5
7	Jakarta Bombings	4
8	US Airline Industry	3
9	NAACP 100th Anniversary	2
10	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Sonia Sotomayor	33%
2	Health Care Debate	11
3	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	11
4	Walter Cronkite Dies	6
5	Economic Crisis	5
6	Murdered Florida Couple	5
7	Space Shuttle Endeavour	4
8	Michael Jackson Dies	4
9	Jakarta Bombings	3
10	Obama Africa Trip	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	21%
2	Sonia Sotomayor	17
3	Economic Crisis	12
4	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
5	Afghanistan	3
6	New Obama Administration	2
7	Iran	2
8	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	2
9	Space Shuttle Endeavour	1
10	Murdered Florida Couple	1