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11.03.2010—5pm    Post #1049
US Midterm Elections: Some refreshing headlines for a story we sort of knew

TAKEAWAY: There was very little, if any, surprise when the results came in today following Tuesday’s Midterm Elections in the US. But a few editors managed to be creative with their use of graphics, headlines and presentation. We spotted some of them!

TAKEAWAY: There was very little, if any, surprise when the results came in today following Tuesday’s Midterm Elections in the US. But a few editors managed to be creative with their use of graphics, headlines and presentation. We spotted some of them!

Not much to say, it is in the first 10 seconds that you are attracted to these pages.

And, by the way, in case you have not done so already, don’t miss the incredibly well done graphics of The New York Times’ online edition (www.nytimes.com): a quick, easy to follow guide to the numbers behind the elections.

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It is the tabloids that usually have more fun with headlines and presentation, and these elections were no exception, as we see here. The play on words, the visuals used, visual surprises for results that were not all that surprising.

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