WE READ THE PAPERS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO: In an interesting display of choices in the press, both the New York Post and the New York Daily News make front page stories out of the death of 3 year old Deonte Riley. In contrast, the New York Times' sole mention of the death is a small squib buried in the Metro section. Of course, there's a bizarre angle that makes it worthy of placement on the front page--the child choked to death on a single kernel of popcorn during a movie. The "weird" angle the press seems to take is "choked to death on popcorn." My question is why these parents decided it was a good idea to take their 3 year old to see "Alien vs. Predator."
In other strange New York press coverage, the Daily News has started to refer to soon-to-be-former Gov. McGreevey as "McG" on the front page of its Internet site. Of course, there's another McG out there. No word on if this will change New Jersey state government into an incoherent series of explosions and shots of Cameron Diaz shaking her ass.
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