Saturday, December 26, 2009

How the attempted plane bombing was played

A Nigerian man is accused of attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight with 278 passengers and 11 crew members as it landed in Detroit yesterday. How the two local papers played the story on page one, starting with Gannett's Detroit Free Press (bigger view):

The Detroit News, which Gannett owned until 2005, when it was sold to MediaNews Group (bigger view):

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