{"article":{"id":13213,"heading":"Burying the Lead: Democracy Denied by Jim Naureckas","author":"Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting","created":"2001-12-01 18:05:08","modified":"2005-08-15 00:43:59","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:43:59","article":"","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"So how did the media report the results of the ballot reexamination?\r\nOverwhelmingly, they chose to lead with the news that was comfortable,\r\nuncontroversial-- and seven months old. \"In Election Review, Bush Wins\r\nWithout Supreme Court Help,\" was The Wall Street Journal's headline on its\r\nstory, paralleling The New York Times' \"Study of Disputed Florida Ballots\r\nFinds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote.\" That angle would be fine if\r\nyou believed that the Supreme Court was the most important aspect of the\r\nstory; but what about the presidency?","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/fw___ccmmga.htm","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/12\/13213.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}