This statistic presents the top news stories 2010 in the United States. The struggling economy was the most important news story in 2010, making up 14 percent of the total newshole.
Top news stories in the United States in 2010
(percent of newshole*)
* The percentages are based on "newshole," or the space devoted to each subject in print and online and time on radio and TV. PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index examines the news agenda of 52 different outlets from five sectors of the media: print, online, network TV, cable and radio. The weekly study is designed to provide news consumers, journalists and researchers with hard data about what stories and topics the media are covering, the trajectories of that media narrative and differences among news platforms.
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Pew Research Center. (January 11, 2011). Top news stories in the United States in 2010 (percent of newshole*) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/
Pew Research Center. "Top news stories in the United States in 2010 (percent of newshole*)." Chart. January 11, 2011. Statista. Accessed January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Top news stories in the United States in 2010 (percent of newshole*). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/
Pew Research Center. "Top News Stories in The United States in 2010 (Percent of Newshole*)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jan 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/
Pew Research Center, Top news stories in the United States in 2010 (percent of newshole*) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/ (last visited January 10, 2025)
Top news stories in the United States in 2010 (percent of newshole*) [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 11, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/214290/top-news-stories-in-the-united-states-2010/
