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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2014 Apr 21;19(12):1330–1342. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2014.894598

Table 3.

Comparing Local TV News with National TV News in Citing Major Health Organizations

Story mentions major health
organizations?

News Type No Yes Total
National TV News Count 20 7 27
Expected Count 23.7 3.3 -
% 74.1% 25.9% 100.0%
Local TV News Count 53 3 56
Expected Count 49.3 6.7 -
% 94.6% 5.4% 100.0%

Note: Fisher’s Exact Test p= .01 (2-sided); odds ratio = 6.18