Top stories of the year
Top story of the year? Virginia Tech killings.
No. 2: Mortgage crisis
Iraq comes in at 3 and the presidential race slips into the top 10 at No. 9.
I didn't vote in the survey because I didn't see the point. While I see the value of such a ranking back in, say, the 80s, I can't imagine how relevant it is now when so many papers, big and small, are focusing on local stories. Seems to me as if it has outlived its usefulness.
In any case, I don't have a strong opinion of the rankings, although I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have voted Tech No. 1 so that the memory of Cho wouldn't get the satisfaction. Hmmm, Putin is Time's Man of the Year, but he doesn't scratch on the AP survey?
But I love this: Among stories about pop culture celebrities, the saga surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith got the most votes, finishing in 32nd place ahead of such stories as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the departure of Tony Blair as British prime minister, and the military crackdown in Myanmar.
"Anyone who picks the Anna Nicole Smith story in the Top Ten should be beaten with sticks," commented Mike Bailey, managing editor of The Courier News in Elgin, Ill.
He's right. Anyone who picks Anna Nicole over Britney is an idiot.
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True dat.
Britney went the extra mile - shaving her head, repeatedly going to rehab, attacking paparazzi with an umbrella, losing custody of her kids and performing at the MTV awards with that "what IS 9 times twelve?" look on her face.
Anna Nicole died.
No contest.
Posted on December 20, 2007 4:38 PM
Forget voting for the Israeli-Palestinain conflict - you can vote for it next year or the year after next or the year after that or the year after that -
Posted on December 20, 2007 8:45 PM
I guess each to his own, I think the top story in NC is, the Randy Parton Theatre, and how all these folks made out like bandit,(on taxpayers money) and was never featured in the press. If you rob a bank, you go to jail. If you rob the taxpayers, you do not even make the press. Keep up the good work crooks in Raleigh. While I sing What a friend we have in Jesus in church today. You good ole boys in Raleigh should be singing what a friend we have in the liberal press in NC. Wishing All of You a Merry Christmas.
Posted on December 23, 2007 5:41 AM