Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism. AP's dispatch from 1865:
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Thank you for spelling “lede” correctly. It’s one of my pet peeves.
apr 15, 2025, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Buried lede you say? I don't know, today's buried ledes are going to be lit.
apr 14, 2025, 5:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Grant sure changed his plans. How serendipitous.
apr 14, 2025, 10:47 pm • 0 0 • view
A sickness that infects writers to this day.
apr 15, 2025, 12:29 pm • 0 0 • view
The third paragraph? I bet the New York Times could bury it three paragraphs deeper, continued on another page.
apr 14, 2025, 9:00 pm • 5 0 • view
Presidential assassinations, you say... 🤔
apr 14, 2025, 10:36 pm • 5 0 • view
I was going to say that this is where the NY Times got their editorial policy. Then I realized that the lede is in paragraph 2. The NY Times would put it somewhere after paragraph 20.
apr 14, 2025, 11:17 pm • 1 0 • view
The NY Times would have this headline: Actor Breaks Leg In Final Performance
apr 14, 2025, 11:33 pm • 3 0 • view