Curl: The Newseum Ain't All That

The verdict: A bit underwhelming. The building is long on open space and short on moving exhibits (although in one area, where major front-pages are displayed, there is far too little room). The chunk of the Berlin Wall is awesome, as is a huge map showing the world’s free press (the Western Hemisphere is doing pretty well, but there’s an awful lot of red — restrained press — east of Europe). Yet many of the exhibits are more flash than substance, a sort of MSG-filled meal that leaves you hungry 30 minutes later (proving what tennis great Andre Agassi said: “Image is everything.”).

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