Historic record*

I had complained in a post earlier about the front page of The New York Times that carried the news of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election. I felt that it was, at least, inappropriate and did not rise to standard of previous his Times front pages. I don’t know if this is driven by demand, which I assume to be the case, or the Times is proud of the page, but it has friend the page and selling it for a lot of money . . .

I’ve gathered images of a few historic New York Times front pages. They are not the most famous, or significant. They’re just the ones I found.

Here’s an election that compares to President-elect Obama’s victory . . .

Now, compare that to this:

Alright, I won’t say another word about it but . . . Something is not right.