The banner headline for The Courier-Journal on October 26th was in bold letters, sandwiched between two photographs, reading: "Gibson Guilty." As expected with a crime story, it seemed that all the local T.V. news sources were reporting everything they could on this case. However, just as a news source should, the Courier seemed to cover it just enough.
There were five stories found throughout the newspaper on this crime. Two were presented as banner headlines on the front page, stretching from side to side across the top half of the newspaper; the other three articles weren't on the front page at all. This makes sense, considering that the two banner headlines were the biggest two stories throughout the trial.
Most television stations featured every step of Gibson's trial as lead stories. For them, it's an easy story to cover; they get the information and just redistribute what they have gotten as a police report. The Courier, however, was much more able to go the extra mile and report in-depth articles on this horrendous crime. Although the Courier has been lowering standards these past few months, they did a good job following the Gibson case for sure; not to mention regulating how many articles about the case made it to the front page.
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