-
Sorry, You Can’t Delegate Responsibility
May 23, 2013 | 4 comments
-
NPR and the News
May 13, 2013 | 5 comments
-
Earth Hour: A World Endarkened
March 22, 2013 | 8 comments
-
The Photo ID Wars: A Bulletin from the Front
October 3, 2012 | 4 comments
-
All the News That’s Fit to Highlight
September 6, 2012 | 2 comments
The Spectacle Blog
Last Thursday I noted how the Washington Post so cleverly reformatted its daily “headline” emails in a way that facilitated burying stories coming out of the Republican Convention way “down the scroll,” so to speak.
On Friday, it seems, the Post decided to spike the football, JournoListically speaking.
The Post returned to its pre-GOP convention format, so that a “Highlights” section again leads the daily email. This permitted the lead stories of the day to be at the top, without regard to subject matter, as had been the case until the format was changed in advance of the Republican Convention.
The result? You guessed it. Candidate Obama’s speech and related stories on the Democrats’ convention took the first three places.
One week earlier, as I noted yesterday, Candidate Romney’s speech was in place #11 in the headline list. Congratulations to the Post editors, who have the courage of their convictions. They are not only in the tank, but also in our face about it.
Ray Hartwell, a Navy veteran and a Washington lawyer, is reading daily headlines at assorted tavernas in Greece this month.
View all comments (4) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by Ray V. Hartwell, III
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/09/09/spiking-the-headline-football
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
Albert Constantine Jr.| 9.9.12 @ 9:42PM
This is one of those "dog bites man" pieces. Now, when the WaPo or other mainstream media outlets treat Republicans/conservatives/ Tea Party members with objectivity, that will be time to take note.
pet products | 9.9.12 @ 9:43PM
nice post!tks for you informative post.I'm really like it!
RJ| 9.10.12 @ 2:25AM
Thank-you.
While media prejudice is well known, each incident should be called out. Otherwise they get away with it and people follow their lead. I am always surprised at how many people simply accept whatever the mass media says regardless of how silly or inconsistent it is.
MikeBee| 9.10.12 @ 1:53PM
Ray,
What you mention the Post did has actually been standard practice in The Detroit Free Press for many years. In fact, there are some publications and media outlets in the U.S. which have been following the old Communist-Russian practice of never publishing anything that an anti-establishment writer pens. But if you speak with the journalists and their editors at these publications, they will be clueless of their propaganda.