Top Ten Story Data by Sector

April 26-May 2, 2010

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	24%
2	Oil Rig Explosion	16
3	Immigration Debate	16
4	2010 Elections	6
5	Health Care Debate	3
6	Southern Tornadoes	2
7	UK General Election	1
8	Catholic Abuse Scandal	1
9	Obama Admin	1
10	Education System	1

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	21%
2	Oil Rig Explosion	13
3	Health Care Debate	8
4	Education System	5
5	2010 Elections	5
6	Immigration Debate	4
7	UK General Election	3
8	Pakistan	3
9	Russia	2
10	Mexican Drug War	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	33%
2	Oil Rig Explosion	16
3	Immigration Debate	10
4	2010 Elections	4
5	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
6	China	2
7	Southern Tornadoes	2
8	W. Va Mine Disaster	2
9	Energy Debate	1
10	Wal Mart Discrimination lawsuit	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Oil Rig Explosion	24%
2	Economic Crisis	22
3	Immigration Debate	7
4	Catholic Abuse Scandal	6
5	2010 Elections	4
6	Southern Tornadoes	4
7	Health Care Debate	3
8	Wal Mart Discrimination Lawsuit	2
9	UK General Election	1
10	US Airline Industry	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration Debate	29%
2	Economic Crisis	21
3	Oil Rig Explosion	17
4	2010 Elections	10
5	Southern Tornadoes	3
6	Obama Admin	2
7	Energy Debate	1
8	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
9	Events in Iraq	1
10	Chicago Teen Violence	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Immigration Debate	32%
2	Economic Crisis	17
3	Oil Rig Explosion	13
4	2010 Elections	6
5	Apple News	5
6	Health Care Debate	2
7	W.Va Mine Disaster	2
8	Afghanistan	1
9	Obama Admin	1
10	Energy Debate	1