Birds and babies

Posted at 9:20 AM on July 10, 2008 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Media

Is there some newspaper axiom somewhere that says birds sell newspapers? Three different newspapers in Minnesota today have front-page stories -- different stories -- involving birds.

First, the Bemidji Pioneer reports a hawk has been released back into the wild in Foley:

In Duluth, the newspaper reports that some bird is nesting on some guy's boat...

And in Willmar, the West Central's Tribune's front-page is dominated by the story of a magic show featuring -- you guessed it -- birds...

In the Twin Cities, however, birds take a back seat to babies. It's a big story when a hospital has a busy day and a woman -- 16 of them -- give birth.

A public relations person at the hospital is, no doubt, happy as a lark today.

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Comments (2)

Birds are usually associated with death. Does death sell newspapers?

Well, it sure keeps the TV news ratings up there at 6 and 10, so I don't know why it wouldn't work for the dead tree folks.

Posted by Mark Gisleson | July 10, 2008 2:40 PM

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A colleague notes that I missed the obvious bird connection with the babies... the stork. Ugh.

Posted by Bob Collins | July 10, 2008 3:26 PM

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