wow factor

I understand online Media sites are edited for clicks. It justifies them getting outfits like Microsoft to advertise IE8 on their front page. However, when they pick a US story from AP and don't identify it a such in their heading, they are playing games.

It's not until you click the story that you find it's under the World News section. The tragedy is not reduced because it occurred in Albuquerque's Alvarado Park, however it's a long way from NSW Australia, the SMH's home State, where close family and friends live. Editorial games like this are not appreciated.

Man, that year went fast!

What I Remember About Bear Stearns - NYTimes.com

It’s been a year since the collapse of Bear Stearns. To commemorate the unhappy anniversary, which marked the beginning of the global financial collapse, the Op-Ed editors asked five former employees to share their memories of the firm.

If the New York Times are going broke it's good to they are still experimenting with their online presentation.

NYT Article Skimmer (Prototype) is a Jquery based application presenting a summary of main stories/articles by category.

As yet it doesn't gracefully fall back to any alternative if you have JS off.
Though a little sluggish, it works ok on my iPhone.
NYT Article Skimmer post

Today, October 11, 2007, Asher Moses of the SMH rushes to press with...
Revealed: Apple's Sydney shopfront - Technology - smh.com.au

Apple's secretive plans for an official retail store in Sydney - understood to be the first in the southern hemisphere - have been revealed in council documents, which suggest it's unlikely the store will open for business before mid-2008.

Mr Moses either knows how to Google or he's very late to the story.

This was real news back in February...
Sydney and Melbourne Apple store plans thanks to Whirlpool Forums

GUILTY

The front page GUILTY headline and Image..

Robert Farquharson found guilty of murdering his three sons | Herald Sun

A FATHER has been found guilty of deliberately driving into a dam to murder his three helpless young sons.
A Supreme Court jury has just found Robert Donald William Farquharson, 38, set out to drown his children when his car plunged into freezing water and sunk near Winchelsea.
Little Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2, died on Father's Day, 2005.

NOT GUILTY

Same paper, same day, same time....

Farquharson found not guilty of murdering his three sons | Herald Sun

A FATHER has been cleared of murdering his three young sons after they tragically drowned when his car plunged into a dam.
A Supreme Court jury has just found Robert Donald William Farquharson, 38, not guilty of murder in the wake of one of Victoria's most heart-wrenching trials.

Moral to the story... don't believe everything you read. The Not Guilty story has now been removed.

Can't wait to see how they mangle reporting the pending national election.

Plus a little Google verification.