Norway or Amy? How editors confront the hierarchy of death

Another example today of journalism's hierarchy of death. Which is the most important story? The murder of 93 people in Norway or the lonely death of Amy Winehouse? Editors' choices illustrate, yet again, the two distinct presses that exist in Britain.For The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Metro, the Norwegian massacre merited big front page treatment.The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Star and Daily Express plumped for the Winehouse story.Incidentally, t...

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