Print and broadcast media last week were heavy in coverage leading up to the decision on the hosting site for the 2016 Olympics and with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey beating the drums on-scene in Copenhagen for their Chicago hometown, news reports accelerated, notes Grumpy Editor.
But when Chicago was nixed Friday in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee --- after an initial surge of “stunned” coverage, especially in Chicago --- comments and reports quickly subsided.
After Rio de Janeiro won the hosting right, headline writers displayed their versatility in Saturday newspapers’ front pages.
Best headline, feels Grumpy Editor, went to the Wall Street Journal, which came up with a play on words: Rio throws Chicago for a Loop.
The Washington Post bannered: Chicago’s Not Their Kind of Town.
The Chicago Tribune was short and to the point: FLAMEOUT.
The Chicago Sun-Times cried: Blame it on Rio.
The Miami Herald emphasized the winning country: BRAZIL’S TIME.
The New York Times settled for: Rio de Janeiro Picked to Hold 2016 Olympics.
The Los Angeles Times reflected celebrations in Brazil: Rio parties like it’s 2016.
The Boston Globe summed it up: FUN IN RIO, NO GAMES IN CHICAGO.
The Washington Times compressed it all in six words: Rio to host 2016 Summer Games.
Other major newspapers, such as the Detroit News, Hartford Courant and San Francisco Chronicle (with only a one-sentence reference to an inside page), kept the Olympics city decision story off front pages.
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