If you were the news editor, what news item would you be featuring as the "big story" of the moment?
I realize, web based news headlines probably change pretty frequently. But I thought it was interesting that at this particular moment, all 5 web pages had different "top stories." Defining "top story," in this context is the one with the largest photo. I suppose that right there is one problem with "headline" news editing: do we have compelling images to put up?
I think the Iranian election story is pretty big. How do some of the news web pages cover it?
ABC featured the protests after the Iranian elections.
CBS had a economics hard time story though the Iranian election was featured in a smaller photo to the upper right.
Fox had a story on the selling of military aircraft with a text item in the upper right about the Iranian elections.
MSNBC had an item about Soweto with the Iranian election in the upper right with a smaller photo.
CNN has a health care and small business item with the Iranian election as a three bullet point news items amidst many other items.
What do some news web pages outside the USA think?
BBC News...
The China's People's Daily. Please note that the People's Daily is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. One can find a bullet point item on the Iranian elections way down at the bottom of the web page.
The Buenaos Aires Herald...
The Syndey Morning Herald had a small item on the Iranian elections down toward the bottom in the world section.
Kenya's Nation... Iranian election news is in the latest news and further down in the world section.
As a question, if I want to get news from sources outside the USA, which ones would be reliable? Which ones would be mouthpieces of their governments?
I choose the various outside the USA sources by trying to think of each continent outside of North America and then of a country or city in that continent.
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