The lead article in Tuesday’s Washington Post declared in a big, bold headline: GOP Retains Edge as Elections Near. The sub-head added: Democrats Have Cut Into Lead.
By early afternoon, however, the editors apparently changed their minds about the news and reversed their presentation. The big bold headline over the same article in the online edition declared: Democrats make slight gains in poll and the Republican gains were relegated to th sub-head: Republicans still hold strong edge. And the text of the online article drops the sub-head altogether.
All in all, it seems the Democrats indeed did make gains on Tuesday … at least on the front page of the Washington Post.
Exhibit A:
And Exhibit B: