Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism. AP's dispatch from 1865: - ThreadSky

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mikebaker.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism.

AP's dispatch from 1865:

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sandylovesbooks.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for spelling “lede” correctly. It’s one of my pet peeves.

bayla5280.bsky.social•3 days ago

Buried lede you say? I don't know, today's buried ledes are going to be lit.

whitewolf0000.bsky.social•3 days ago

Grant sure changed his plans. How serendipitous.

gwbiscuit.bsky.social•3 days ago

A sickness that infects writers to this day.

bldgcommunity.bsky.social•3 days ago

The third paragraph? I bet the New York Times could bury it three paragraphs deeper, continued on another page.

paulcarroll15.bsky.social•3 days ago

Presidential assassinations, you say... 🤔

an-elk.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was going to say that this is where the NY Times got their editorial policy.

Then I realized that the lede is in paragraph 2. The NY Times would put it somewhere after paragraph 20.

an-elk.bsky.social•3 days ago

The NY Times would have this headline:

Actor Breaks Leg In Final Performance

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