WOOD WAR XXIV

November 23, 2005
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Who's winning the battle of the front pages?

Maybe the Post and the Daily News could team up to put out a separate publication, Scratch-Off Daily, in which they promote their unwinnable games of chance? So they could go back to using their newspaper front pages for news? Just a thought.

When it's not flogging "Scratch n' Match," the News is flogging Peter Braunstein, who draws high-minded outrage because he wasn't locked up for precrime. Braunstein's pariah status is backed up by a lack of allegation quotes around "sex fiend."

The Post appears to be wasting space on a depressing, skanky photo of depressing skank Britney Spears. But by shrinking the news hole, the Murdochians cleverly limit the room for their "war hero shot" treatment--so that the part about how the tragic victim "didn't even realize he'd sustained a neck wound" ends up in tiny, you-already-spent-your-quarter type.

And the holiday bettor's guide promo is a nicely amoral touch. Take the under!

Winner: New York Post

Overall standings: Daily News 14, New York Post 10

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