Top Ten Stories

July 20 - 26, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	25%
2	Economic Crisis	12
3	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	12
4	Afghanistan	4
5	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	4
6	Obama Administration	3
7	Education System	2
8	Clinton Asia Trip	2
9	Military Spending Cuts	1
10	Michael Jackson Dies	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	20%
2	Health Care Debate	18
3	Afghanistan	4
4	George Tiller murder	4
5	Henry Louis Gates arrest	3
6	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	3
7	Education System	3
8	Obama Administration	2
9	New Jersey Corruption Sweep	2
10	US Auto Industry	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	16%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	10
4	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	8
5	Afghanistan	5
6	Education System	4
7	Military Spending Cuts	3
8	New Obama Administration	3
9	Clinton Asia Trip	3
10	Honduras Coup	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	24%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	15
3	Economic Crisis	14
4	Afghanistan	7
5	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	3
6	Michael Jackson Dies	3
7	Walter Cronkite Dies	3
8	Education System	3
9	Swine Flu	2
10	Obama Administration	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	38%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	19
3	Economic Crisis	6
4	Obama Administration	5
5	Afghanistan	4
6	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
7	Michael Jackson Dies	2
8	CIA Leak/Valerie Plame Investigation	2
9	John Ensign Affair	2
10	Honduras Coup	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	34%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	12
3	Economic Crisis	11
4	40th Anniversary of Apollo 11	3
5	Obama Administration	2
6	Clinton Asia Trip	2
7	Afghanistan	2
8	Minimum Wage Increase	1
9	Swine Flu	1
10	Events in Iraq	1