Switching things up for the reading log today. Going to focus on what I thought was the best piece of journalism in today's time. Not on the front page, not international, not even national. A piece out of Queens, NY (a reminder that the times is first and foremost NYC's paper). It's buried- a whooping page A23. "Queens Driver Unknowingly Drags a Body Nearly 20 Miles." For some reason, this piece really struck me. Not that there wasn't death elsewhere in the paper (Afghan deaths on the front page), it wasn't some huge catastrophe. But it was so unusual and so incredibly disturbing. A car hits a person crossing the street. The driver gets out, but doesn't see a person or a body anywhere. The police even come, decide he was mistaken. An HOUR LATER, a car is flagged down and the driver realizes he has been dragging a body underneath his car for the last 20 miles. Yep, the same guy. Normally I don't show much/any facial expression when reading the paper, but with this article I couldn't stop myself from reacting. Disturbing is the only word I can think of for it. This was an incredibly unusual story and I believe it was a very good account of a horrific incident.
Well, that's the times for another week.
By the way, Gregg is currently on CNN announcing that he's withdrawing from commerce secretary consideration. Way to make my newswriting article for the week obsolete, senator. Oh well, such is the nature of the news...
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