Top Ten Stories

July 27- August 2, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	19%
2	Economic Crisis	14
3	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	8
4	Michael Jackson Dies	4
5	Obama Administration	3
6	US Auto Industry	3
7	Swine Flu	3
8	Iran	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Sarah Palin News	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	21%
2	Health Care Debate	12
3	Education System	4
4	China	4
5	Iraq War Homefront	3
6	2008 Presidential Elections	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Iran	2
9	US Auto Industry	2
10	Cyberspace Issues	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	18%
2	Health Care Debate	11
3	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	7
4	NC Terror Suspects	5
5	2008 Presidential Election	5
6	US Auto Industry	4
7	Events in Iraq	4
8	Michael Jackson Dies	3
9	Iran	3
10	Microsoft-Yahoo Agreement	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	13%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	12
3	Health Care Debate	12
4	Michael Jackson Dies	10
5	Swine Flu	8
6	US Auto Industry	4
7	Iran	3
8	Sarah Palin	3
9	Afghanistan	2
10	Obama Administration	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	32%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	13
3	Obama Administration	9
4	Michael Jackson Dies	7
5	Economic Crisis	7
6	Sarah Palin	4
7	Chris Dodd's Prostate Cancer	2
8	Swine Flu	2
9	NC Terror Suspects	2
10	US Auto Industry	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	30%
2	Henry Louis Gates Arrest	9
3	Economic Crisis	8
4	Afghanistan	6
5	Obama Administration	5
6	US Auto Industry	4
7	Sonia Sotomayor	2
8	Michael Jackson Dies	1
9	Space Shuttle Endeavour	1
10	China	1