The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names

[George II]

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Source: NY Times

The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names

A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.

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Instead of the articles, photographs or graphics that normally appear on the front page of The New York Times, on Sunday, there is just a list: a long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the death toll from Covid-19 in the United States approaches 100,000, a number expected to be reached in the coming days, editors at The Times have been planning how to mark the grim milestone.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/reader-center/coronavirus-new-york-times-front-page.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

[Me.]

1. I Believe Each Name

has been given a one sentence obituary

[George II]

3. Yes, each name has a simple statement about the person.

[KS Toronado]

2. Very effective front page, drives home several points without saying it.

[applegrove]

4. Vibes to all the list and their lived ones.

[keithbvadu2]

5. No sweat! There's plenty of time for Donald to play golf.

No sweat! There's plenty of time for Donald to play golf.

[Lock him up.]

7. The con man said 15 and it will go away - should be visible in a box.

And then went golfing on the taxpayers' dime (approx. $133,000,000) - right under.

[proud patriot]

6. Sad mad

So fing Mad ... and so sad ..

[bedazzled]

8. Imagine the number of folks they LEFT OFF

thousands of people lost in a black hole of lies

[orleans]

9. "this tweet is unavailable" -- i wonder why

and i'm not seeing that on their front page website.

??

[SunSeeker]

10. Got a NYT link for the story?

[Danascot]

11. Here

Link to tweet

[George II]

13. That tweet has now been deleted because the newspaper has now been printed - here's the link......

....to the actual front page:

https://www.nytimes.com/

[George II]

12. At the time it was only a tweet (the Sunday newspaper hadn't been published yet)....

Here's a link to their front page now:

https://www.nytimes.com/

[Paladin]

14. Nice to see a showing of genuine guts by the NYT. Doesn't happen often enough.

Who knows? Maybe they'll have enough courage to reinstate political cartoons in their Opinion section.....

[George II]

15. The NY Times has never run political cartoons in it's domestic edition, just international edition.

[Paladin]

16. Still a chickenshit move, taking them out of global edition. (nt)

[Omaha Steve]

17. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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[Omaha Steve]

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