The convention as a local story
Interesting call today from a reader who wanted to know why The Sun did not publish a Page 1 photo of Michelle Obama in yesterday's paper, but printed a big picture of Hillary Clinton today.
Candidly, we erred in not giving the start of the convention bigger play in Tuesday's paper. Sometimes we get lost in our definition of local news - believing it's only about things that happen locally, and not stories that may happen elsewhere but have overwhelming local interest. Certainly the conventions fall into the latter category.
We fixed that today, though in the mind of this reader, it gave the impression that we either favored Clinton or were somehow racially motivated to keep Obama off the front page.
Comments
Ah yes, the race card AGAIN. Quick to draw it when things don't go just so. The last time I looked Ms. Obama was NOT running for President therefore the story was not her. Ms. Clinton however did run and still played a big part of the Demotratic ticket. I guess we just should ignor that fact. Why not complain that the Obama girls were not featured too? It is about time to get a grip on this race issue and stop trying to throw race into the mix. As long as one race feels cheated, they will be cheated. Get on with life be thankful for what you have and that you live in the best place to live in the world. If you do not agree, leave and find a better place...like AFRICA??
Posted by: Anonymous | August 30, 2008 3:52 PM