For two weeks my wife had to endure my Nostradamus impersonation. I angrily predicted that the newspaper would put the new iPhone on their front page in the lead spot on June 29, accompanied by a giant picture. The preemptive complaint I had was, of course, that Apple needs no help advertising the launch of a new product.
Much more importantly, the real front page article would either be buried in the back of the section or nonexistent. Well, the morning of the release date came and the article and picture I expected was nowhere to be found. To the newspaper’s credit, they did not help launch this product for Apple. I slept soundly that night.
Tragically, the second half of my prediction came true. The next day the paper chose to feature the iPhone on the front page. It was in the lead spot with a big picture. And the news that Americans really needed to know about was in the back of the section. The article that should have been unflinchingly displayed on the front page told us about 329 of our young men and women who lost their lives fighting in this occupation over the past three months. That death count makes it the deadliest quarter yet in the conflict for our soldiers. This particular article was front page material because Americans need to know the risk. We need to know how the “surge” is working.
I truly am not trying to pick on my local newspaper or Apple, but we need a paradigm shift in this country. Americans need to know what’s up so We The People can make informed decisions on imperative issues.
I might endorse a front page article on a gadget called the “We-Phone.”
Mike Hall
Everett
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