Bubba nailed it: Lack of evidence of a racial motive in the Guilford College fight makes front-page news — on the local section.
Given the dilligent coverage of the fight itself and reaction of the Guilford College campus, intelligent readers can only assume that placement of this story reflects the N&R’s bias on the subject. The homepage is even worse — a prominent photo of Mayor Holliday weighing himself, for heaven’s sake.
Sometimes you just have to wonder if the N&R is totally clueless or if they’re intentionally trying to piss their readers off.
