In unexpected ways, Hurricane Isaac is making life tough for newspaper editors. At the Herald-Tribune, we work hard to provide balanced political coverage. During the national conventions, for example, we aim to give the same amount of space and prominence on Page One to the Republican and Democratic conventions. Every four years, we pull newspapers from the last conventions and compare what we did then with plans now. Then a hurricane throws a wrench in everything. Four years ago, Hurricane Gustav took aim at New Orleans, making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the planned first day of the 2008 Republican convention. This year, Hurricane Isaac made landfall at New Orleans as a Category...
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