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Table 1A
Rank Order of Priority Issues Identified through Content Analysis and
By Print and Internet Panels
Story Headline Content
Analysis
Print Panel
Internet Panel
The Washington Post
Nominees Scour West for Votes
1
1
1
Few Drugs for the Needy
2
2
8
Young Voters See Little in it for Them
3
3
5
Space Station’s Inaugural Crew
4
8
4
U.S. to Probe St. George’s Police Force
5
7
3
Nominees Stump in Unusual Places
6
4
2
Supreme Court Hears of Birds and Watering Places
7
6
N.A.
Election Won’t End Budget Fight
8
10
6.5
Researchers Waiting to Plumb Abortion Pill
9
5
N.A.
Budget Is Shelved until after Election
10
9
6.5
USA Today
747 Hit Object, Crashed
1
1
6
Bush, Gore Target Seniors
2
3
4.5
Campaigns’ RX Could Be Wrong Prescription
3
2
3
Battleground Voters Nearing Combat Fatigue
4
5
4.5
D.C. Hot Spot for ID Theft
5
6
N.A.
Relatives Grieve: I Lost Everything
6
N.A.
2
Investigators Scour Jet Wreckage for a Cause
7
4
7
Calif. Stop Sober One for Bush
8
8
1
Egyptair Relatives Dedicate Memorial
9
N.A.
N.A.
High Court Hears Arguments in Wetlands Case
10
7
N.A.
Convention