pudge's Journal: Hooray P-I, Boo Times

John Popper of Blues Traveler was arrested for pot possession. But almost every article out there makes it sound like he was arrested for gun possession, or that the gun possession was somehow legally significant.

Kudos to the Seattle P-I for not putting the guns in the lead or headline, and for clearly stating the charges are only for the drugs and driving.

The Seattle Times chose to overemphasize the guns by putting them in the headline, and by putting a lot of details about the guns in the story as though they are relevant.

In fact, it was perfectly legal for him to have all those guns hidden in his car. Nothing wrong with it at all. Why even mention that he had "hidden compartments"? How does that matter to anything? Why not also mention that he had $500 in cash in his wallet? Or that he had antihistamines in the glove compartment?

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Boo King County Journal

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for not being around.

I also like how the time article (though to be fair it's really an AP story) also covered the PA system in the car.

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(though to be fair it's really an AP story)

Right. The P-I cut it down, either to make it more reasonable, or for space considerations. Hard to tell.

The P-I is a better paper

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At least when it comes to reporting the news. It helps the P-I doesn't just rely on the AP feed for everything except major local stories and features.

The Tacoma News Tribune is also a decent paper. I'll probably start buying it if the PI ever goes under.