Archive for April 10th, 2007

Opinion shifts, no one seems to cares »

By William M. Hartnett on Apr 10, 2007 in newspapers | 0 Comments

>Opinion shift passes quietly (Chicago Tribune)
(Via Romenesko)
The Chicago Tribune editorial page, notorious for flip-flopping every 138 years, reconsiders its long-running support for the death penalty. Timothy J. McNulty, the public editor, notes that the change generated “barely a ripple” of public opinion.
Is that because, as McNulty notes, “Abolition of the death penalty isn’t on the [...]

A bit more on anecdotal leads »

By William M. Hartnett on Apr 10, 2007 in newspapers | 0 Comments

Just wanted to promote to its own post an absolutely brilliant link that Matt Waite left in the comments to my previous post on anecdotal leads: Anecdotal leads for news stories reporting the end of the world.

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