Now, I know no one's relying on them for their national and international coverage, but the Statesman website has always been mulishly obnoxious about keeping things both local and irrelevant even when there are actual big, real, important stories breaking everywhere else.
Still, I was shocked when I went there tonight. Right before the page loaded, I covered the screen and jokingly asked Eric which he thought would be the top story:
1. The bailout negotiations that dramatically fell apart just a few hours ago;
2. The ACL Fest this weekend; or
3. The UT-Arkansas game on Saturday.
Even I was shocked at the none-of-the-above answer:
