Above is the 3 in the afternoon screencap from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Earlier today I blogged about the differences in how 3 of the online newspapers I look at every morning shared the news of the Japan Earthquake Disaster. With the Fort Worth Star-Telegram not giving much of an indication that this is a big story.
Sarah R then commented with a question....
Sarah R has left a new comment on your post "Japan's 8.9 Earthquake & Tsunami In Seattle, Fort Worth & Dallas":
"So what was the top half of the Star-Telegram? I'm just wondering what made the cut as "big" news this morning in FtW."
I went back to the Star-Telegram so I could tell Sarah what was at the top of that lame newspaper's front page.
This is what I told Sarah...
Sarah R---It is coming up on 3 in the afternoon. Checked the Star-Telegram again, figuring by now they'd have moved the Japan Quake and Tsunami to the top.
Nope.
Instead, big headline "Chuck Greenberg resigns as Texas Rangers CEO." Above and to the right of that, "NFL mock draft" with a little blurb. To the left of that a "Spring forward" note. An ad for JC Penney. Then several little headlines with links to a story. Top of those is "North Texans with ties to Japan keeping close watch" and "TCC to begin voluntary buyouts for longtime workers." Stuff like that.
Then if you scroll down to the bottom half of the front page, the original blurb about the quake has been altered, with the headline now "Strong quake strikes central Japan, felt in Tokyo." Adding a couple links, one of which is "1 missing, 4 rescued as tsunami hits West Coast."
Below is a screencap from the 2:41 pm version of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The blurb about the Japan Quake is still on the bottom half of the front page. It now does make mention that the tsunami has hit the west coast. One man was washed out into the Pacific in Oregon. Crescent City, California was badly damaged, again, with no deaths, unlike when it was hit by the tsunami generated by the 1964 Alaska Earthquake.
