10 pounds of potatoes in a five-pound sack
Create tomorrow's newspaper front page:
From the national news:
* The Petraeus Iraqi war report.
* The sixth anniversary of 9/11.
Locally:
* A requested criminal investigation into the state audit findings at A&T.
* Local legislator reaction to the Petraeus report.
* A local 9/11 story.
* This quirky story of a highly visible court case 12 years ago.
* The General Assembly convening to talk about overturning the governor's veto.
Problem is, you've only got room for four stories. (And I haven't even included Britney Spears in a black-sequin bikini on the MTV Music Awards!)
You make the call.
Tuesday update: Here's the front page. At the time I wrote this post, we didn't have this story about Safety Town and the Legislature hadn't rescheduled its work until today.
Comments (3)
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1) Petraeus (with a gadget to the local angle wherever that ends up)
2) NC A&T
3) Charles Walker
4) The General Assembly
Why? Petraeus is the most important news of the day, even if it's not local.
The A&T story seems the most important of the local stories you listed because it has to do with possible corruption at a major public institution.
Charles Walker is the end of a long and tangled road the N&R has thoroughly documented and needs to be out front.
The General Assembly convening a special session to give away tax money is more important to me than an anniversary story -- speaking of which, I seriously doubt I'll read any 9/11 anniversary stories tomorrow. It will have to take something really different to make me want to read about it again.
Posted on September 10, 2007 5:58 PM
Well considered, Jonathan, although I'm impressed you didn't go for the Britney bait.
Posted on September 10, 2007 7:45 PM
I was tempted, but no, not really. Never cared much for what she was up to.
Posted on September 11, 2007 11:02 AM