Mar 02, 2003 14:18
Some years ago, the first editor in chief of USA TODAY, John Quinn, jested before a National Press Foundation audience that this is how the country's four top newspapers might headline the biggest possible news story -- the end of the world:
* The New York Times: ''World Ends. Third World Countries Hardest Hit.''
* The Wall Street Journal: ''World Ends. Dow Jones Industrial Average Hits Zero.''
* The Washington Post: ''World Ends. White House Ignored Early Warnings, Unnamed Sources Say.''
* USA TODAY: ''We're Dead. State-by State Demise, pg. 8A. Final, Final Sports Scores, pg. 6C.''