Interesting use of Borda count. Note that one voter insisted on interpreting it as CR. (There was obviously no strategic reason to vote the way she did.)
>> Terrorist attacks top news story in AP poll >> SURVEY: Journalists put Afghan war in No. 2 spot >> David Crary; The Associated Press >> From the first hijacking to the collapse of the second >> World Trade Center tower, the terror attacks of Sept. 11 >> spanned less than three hours. But the effects were >> profound and long lasting, at home and around the world. >> Understandably, the attacks were the unanimous choice as >> the top news story of 2001, according to The Associated >> Press' annual survey of its members. >> The story received a first-place ranking from all of the >> 354 AP newspaper and broadcast members who voted on the >> year's top news events. The war on terrorism, including >> the campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban in >> Afghanistan, was the overwhelming choice as the No. 2 >> story of the year. >> The deaths - and widespread fears - caused by anthrax- >> tainted mail ranked as the No. 3 story, followed by the >> start of a recession. >> Amanda Bennett, editor of the Lexington (Ky.) Herald- >> Leader, made only one entry - the terrorist attacks - on >> her ballot even though 10 choices were allowed. >> "The gap between Number One and Number Two is so huge that >> it's not worth going there," she wrote. >> This was the 66th year that the AP polled its members. A >> first-place vote gave a story 10 points, a second-place >> vote 9 points, and so on. The top story last year was the >> nearly deadlocked presidential election.
