Top Ten Story Data by Sector

August 17-23, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	28%
2	Economic Crisis	10
3	Afghanistan	10
4	Lockerbie Bomber Freed	4
5	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
6	Hurricane Bill & Storms	3
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Robert Novak Dies	2
10	Swine Flu	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	19%
2	Health Care Debate	15
3	Afghanistan	8
4	Events in Iraq	6
5	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	4
6	US Auto Industry	4
7	Obama Administration	3
8	Education System	3
9	Immigration Debate	3
10	Swine Flu	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Afghanistan	20%
2	Health Care Debate	16
3	Economic Crisis	10
4	Lockerbie Bomber Freed	7
5	Robert Novak Dies	6
6	Hurricane Bill & Storms	4
7	Events in Iraq	3
8	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
9	Michael Jackson Dies	2
10	Education System	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	21%
2	Afghanistan	11
3	Economic Crisis	9
4	Hurricane Bill & Storms	6
5	Lockerbie Bomber Freed	5
6	Swine Flu	4
7	Michael Jackson Dies	3
8	Don Hewitt Dies	3
9	US Auto Industry	3
10	Events in Iraq	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	51%
2	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	8
3	Economic Crisis	5
4	Afghanistan	4
5	Lockerbie Bomber Freed	3
6	Hurricane Bill & Storms	3
7	Obama Administration	2
8	Michael Jackson Dies	2
9	US Auto Industry	1
10	Gun Control	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Health Care Debate	39%
2	Afghanistan	8
3	Economic Crisis	6
4	Lockerbie Bomber Freed	5
5	Pakistan	4
6	US Auto Industry	3
7	Heart Disease	2
8	Hurricane Bill & Storms	2
9	Swine Flu	1
10	Obama Administration	1