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Death vs. pollution

Which is the bigger story from the Supreme Court yesterday, the death penalty ruling or the Exxon Valdez ruling? The N&O and us went with the death penalty. The Charlotte O and Winston-Salem went with Exxon. (Correct answer below.)

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The New York Times went with both, but then it's a newspaper that throws design to the wind and starts a dozen stories on its front page. Unfair comparison.


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The answer? None of the above. The winner? The New York Post, which went with titillating over important, always a good gambit.


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