His resignation was advanced by a U.S. News & World Report blog on Friday.
On Sunday he had lunch with Bush.
And on Monday morning, the news was announced by The New York Times Web site.
At 10:30 AM, Alberto Gonzales spoke to the press.
And 20 minutes later, President Bush had nice words about his controversial attorney general.
CNN, Fox and all the TV networks followed the story.
Blogs and Web sites did the same.
Politicians spoke.
Media pundits did the same.
So… what do you do in a newspaper the next day?
Well, not too much.
But what some U.S. newspapers have done today is not bad.
Deep analysis.
Smart explanations.
Good background.
And, yes, this is the way.
Today’s newspapers show the right direction.
They avoided the easy job (give the old news) and went further.
These front page are good examples of “what’s next” journalism.
Journalism by journanalysts.
Period.
