Thatcher's Death Receives Mixed Newsworthiness Around the Web
News that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died broke this morning shortly before 8 a.m. ET. Given her status as Britain’s first and only female Prime Minister and close relationship with President Reagan in the U.S., it’s a front page story for essentially every big American publication. A small scattering of smaller news outlets such as The Daily Beast and Breitbart.com also played it up.
A look at how Thatcher’s death played out around the Web…
The news received more modest breaking coverage on Politico, which put together a slideshow of Thatcher’s photos below the top headlines.
The Hill also took a milder approach to the breaking news, running it as the third headline from the top with no accompanying picture.
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