How did newspapers report election results?
The presses were rolling around the country early this morning to report yesterday’s election results. How did various newspapers, representing various editorial points of view, report the outcome? Check out the Newseum’s online display of today’s front pages from around the world. Seeing how different news outlets reported the same story can be an intriguing teachable moment for students. And take a look especially at the front page of my own local paper, the Detroit Free Press, where Obama’s win takes up only the space above the newspaper banner, ceding front page space to local races and state ballot initiatives on medical marijuana and stem cell research. Here’s the front page as it appears on the Free Press site:
and how it appears at the Newseum site:
\What’s going on with these two front covers? Guess it’s time to plunk down my fifty cents and buy a copy.(Found via Weblogg-ed)�