A flash-y way to examine front pages
June 29, 2005 10:57 AM Subscribe
Front pages from around the world in a flash. The amazing Newseum (previously referred to most recently here) now has a flash interface to show 436 front pages from 45 countries.
Amazing. But the front pages all seem filled with horrific news, no matter where you are. Amazing and depressing...
posted by rajbot at 11:23 AM on June 29, 2005
posted by rajbot at 11:23 AM on June 29, 2005
When the Newseum was open (they are currently relocating from Rosslyn, VA to downtown Washington), they had each of the papers, larger than life, in a long display, alphabetized by state and country. Now, during construction, they built frames to house some of the papers along the sidewalk at the construction site. Pretty cool if you are in Washington... it's at 4th and Pennslyvania. The best is finding papers that run the same exact picture, or similar headlines (The NY Post and Daily News' recent "Boy, Oh Boy" headline for the Jackson verdict comes to mind).
This addition to their site is great. When will someone fold it into Google Earth?
posted by sdrawkcab at 11:48 AM on June 29, 2005
This addition to their site is great. When will someone fold it into Google Earth?
posted by sdrawkcab at 11:48 AM on June 29, 2005
An immense improvement to their previous, hugely useful site. Thanks for the link.
posted by juggernautco at 12:43 PM on June 29, 2005
posted by juggernautco at 12:43 PM on June 29, 2005
There are no newspapers in Africa.
No, there appears to be exactly one, Essahafa. Say, it looks like things are swell in Tunisia! (Funny, I could have sworn they had newspapers in, say, Egypt...)
Nice post, thanks.
posted by languagehat at 2:07 PM on June 29, 2005
No, there appears to be exactly one, Essahafa. Say, it looks like things are swell in Tunisia! (Funny, I could have sworn they had newspapers in, say, Egypt...)
Nice post, thanks.
posted by languagehat at 2:07 PM on June 29, 2005
Roll-over the Northeast and West of the United States papers today (6/29) and then do the same in Texas or "flyover country."
Amazing. Paints a picture of how the newspapers lean politically. A vivid one.
This is crazy-good stuff. So very cool! Thanks for posting!
posted by swerdloff at 3:14 PM on June 29, 2005
Amazing. Paints a picture of how the newspapers lean politically. A vivid one.
This is crazy-good stuff. So very cool! Thanks for posting!
posted by swerdloff at 3:14 PM on June 29, 2005
great post! ty
posted by ClanvidHorse at 3:41 PM on June 29, 2005
posted by ClanvidHorse at 3:41 PM on June 29, 2005
Jasper - are you a TFer, too?
posted by PurplePorpoise at 9:22 PM on June 29, 2005
posted by PurplePorpoise at 9:22 PM on June 29, 2005
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