Same day, same trial, two newspapers, two hard-copy home-delivery headlines:
* Chi Trib: “Brother sticks by ex-governor, Ousted leader was misunderstood on some issues, older sibling says,” all under under “Blagojevich on trial.” Nice story, will neither disturb one over morning coffee nor unduly tax the mind. Go Trib.
* Sun-Times: “BLAGO’S BROTHER TESTIFIES: JESSE JR.’S GUY OFFERED $6 MIL FOR SENATE SEAT.” Capsule summary underneath and to the right: “Robert Blagojevich testifies that Raghu Nayak — who authorities say was an emissary for Jesse Jackson Jr. — offered to raise $1 million for ex-governor Rod Blagojevich. Nayak then said Blagojevich would get $5 million more once Jackson was appointed senator.” Lots of info, non-generic, for newspaper reader with better things to do than decipher things. Go Sun-Times.
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FYI: Online Trib story here, discoverable amidst online chaos, neither Drudge nor Newsalert, two that know how to reach online reader.
Sun-Times here, also not easy to find. Behold the noosepaper dilemma. But at least save the hard copy with punchy hard-news stuff! Nod goes as ever to S-T, Trib never was very good at it.
Remember McLuhan’s “People don’t actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.” It’s here, but scroll down.
Blithe Spirit 