Picture = 103 Words
Thumbnail images on newspaper sites are sometimes confusing, often misplaced, and usually unimportant. However, once in a great while there is a splendid convergence of news and image that makes reading the actual stories redundant. Take the two stories and associated images from the UK Telegraph’s site, referring to the German economies continuing recession (with a picture of German Finance Minister Hans Eichel), and positive economic forecasts from the Bank of England (featuring an image of British Chancellor Gordon Brown).
These two thumbnails are so perfectly matched to their subject matter that you don’t have to even read the story. I didn’t and I feel fully informed on both subjects now. All news stories should be like this...
Posted by Captain Mojo at May 15, 2003 07:13 PM
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