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the Day Before: July 18
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Front Page Coverage: How The Convention Played on Page One
Day
Before
July 17, 2016 (July 18 Newspapers) |
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One July 18, 2016 (July 19 Newspapers) |
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Two July 19, 2016 (July 20 Newspapers) |
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Three July 20, 2016 (July 21 Newspapers) |
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Four July 21, 2016 (July 22 Newspapers) |
Summary: Most newspapers
the day the convention opened (all in this small sample) led with the
shooting of police in Baton Rouge. Some ran stories on the
opening of the convention below the fold. |
Newspaper |
Headlines/Reporters |
Photos/Photographers |
New York Times - Late
Edition A11-A16... 6 pages covering although three 1/2 page ads |
"Attack
on
Officers
Jolts a Nation on Edge" Below the fold: • Alexander Burns. "On Eve of G.O.P. Convention, Law and Order Takes the Floor" |
police
searching in Baton Rouge |
|
Wall Street Journal |
"Baton
Rouge Officers Gunned
Down" Below the fold: • Janet Hook. "Cleveland Set for a Trump Show" |
Baton
Rouge (small photo in banner of convention worker amid state signs) |
|
Washington Post |
"3
officers killed in
Baton Rouge" Below the fold: • Dan Balz and Scott Clement. "Poll finds tight race, and dissatisfied public" • Marc Fisher. "Trusting his brain and gut, Trump forgoes heavy reading" |
officer and car in Baton Rouge Below the fold: Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post. MW shot of a couple of men working on the stage in the Q. |
|
Chicago Tribune |
"Cops
Attacked in Baton Rouge" Below the fold: • Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times. "Trump's shot at White House really starts now" |
police in Baton Rouge |
|
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution |
...Baton
Rouge shootings • Greg Bluestein. "A jittery Cleveland prepares for RNC" |
police in Baton Rouge |