Today's Globe and Mail cover

Warren points us to today's Globe and Mail cover suggesting it is "a case of the Globe's editors doing what good editors sometimes do - using jarring words or images to wake up people (ie., us) who need waking up" while asking "What do you think? Did they go over the line?"

Well, for what it's worth, I think it is the kind of front page that is simply intended to sell papers. Now, I'm not saying that's either good or bad, it just "is". What it isn't, most assuredly, is some sort of public service to awake us all to what is happening. It isn't altruistic. It is about selling papers. Simple.

Comments

[jeff white]

It's definitely not hard hitting journalism. It's taking the easy way out and using shock tactics to sell papers. I agree completely with your assessment.

[Mark Dykeman]

Yup, sellin' papers.

The thing is, even if it is altruistic, what on earth would the editors expect the consumer to do? Call up their MP and demand action?

[Frank Ricketts]

But it should, at some level, be about respect. If the Globe has a point to make, it's completely lost on me.

[Ted Sutcliffe]

I believe the editor's intent was to convey the horror of what is happening in Myanmar. No more no less. These images are common on television and we are used to them. It's interesting that the old-fashioned medium of newspapers still has the power to shock.