"The good and the bad often make brothers and sisters of us all. For many newspaper editors, there were two stories worthy of Page One play — San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds setting a new home-run record and rescuers' continuing efforts to save the six miners trapped in a Utah coal mine," said Gene Mater, a Freedom Forum media consultant, in his analysis of today's front pages on the Newseum Web site.
In another article on newseum.org, Kate Kennedy discusses the prominent play of the Bonds hitting home run No. 756.
Read the rest of his analysis of the day's front pages here. Take a look at coverage of Bonds' record-breaking home run below.
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