In my totally unqualified opinion, the big news of the day, in descending order of importance: 1) The state of the economy after the Bear Stearn bailout, 2) Barack Obama’s speech on race, 3) The anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq.
The things that don’t fucking matter: x) Paterson’s sexual history.
Today’s NY dailies front pages:
New York Post: George Paterson’s history of sexual trysts. 0/3, x
New York Daily News: George Paterson’s former illicit lover. 0/3, x
AM New York: Piece on a former soldier in Iraq, Paterson. 1/3, x
New York Newsday: Full color spread on Obama, blurb on Paterson. 1/3, x
New York Metro: Picture of Obama supporter tearing up. 1/3
Wall Street Journal: Blurb on Obama’s speech, economy. 2/3
New York Times: Economy, color spread of Iraq, blurb on speech. 3/3
I can see why the electorate’s so goddamn uninformed. According to press time, a governor’s marital infidelities are just as important as the next president’s views on race and indeed more important than the largest recession since the Great Depression and the second coming of Vietnam. What the fuck.
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