A tale of two headlines

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose this serves as someone’s definition of “balance”. It sure serves as a good reason why the concept is often meaningless in journalism.

Two AP headlines, as carried in the Chron.com Politics section:

Financial stats prove Edwards is privileged

Self-made Edwards is America’s Everyman

Yeah, that Everyman character sure is privileged, isn’t he?

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