May 14, 2007
Parochialism
No, really, that's all there is to the story. They met in New Zealand. Hence the headline in the New Zealand Herald.
These kinds of stories are probably universal. I never fail to be amused by them. I'd say there's an interesting project for someone to look at how often these types of articles appear in papers in different places.
Posted by eroberts at May 14, 2007 08:28 AM | TrackBackComments
Wow, that's about a tenuous a "local angle" thread as I've seen!
And growing up in the Midwest of America where most days are slow news days, I've seen my share of "local angle" stories.
Posted by: Carrie at May 16, 2007 11:39 AMNo, I can't agree. It would be a long, boring and dreary research project, which would, after much work, prove its hypothesis: Yes, "local media look for local angles". And it is eminently sensible that they should do so.
Posted by: Jonathan Milne at May 28, 2007 07:37 AM