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