I'm looking at my copy of the Salt Lake Tribune right now. Headlines:

Aug 30, 2014
11:31:30am

fredgarvin

On front page: "BYU beats UConn 35-10 in opener"

On front of sports page: "Cougars get better start"

Wow. Super negative.

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Just compare the headlines

Extra Biscuits

8/29/14 11:35pm

The Trib headline is accurate

pink22

8/29/14 11:38pm

Sure, but that's not the point

Extra Biscuits

8/29/14 11:39pm

So are the others .. your point ?

ManicBlue

8/29/14 11:47pm

Each morning I scrape my face with a steel blade and dispose of bodily materials

Choke

8/30/14 3:01am

Headlines

Longbow Cougar

8/30/14 5:02am

haha, I thought you were just making the headlines up. Turns out they're real.

yballa09

8/29/14 11:39pm

I think all three are very accurate. If the Dnews or ESPN had the same

GSwarriorcoug

8/29/14 11:40pm

Again, the accuracy is not what I'm talking about here

Extra Biscuits

8/29/14 11:43pm

I agree on the Dnews. For me, as long as it is accurate (which sometimes they

GSwarriorcoug

8/29/14 11:53pm

It is funny because you could have predicted the associated headlines

NewMexiCoug

8/30/14 7:26am

You don't see the difference? How bout "Cougars win despite lost fumbles"

Grit for Brains

8/29/14 11:45pm

Yes, it would be accurate, but slightly misleading the because the

GSwarriorcoug

8/30/14 2:19pm

SLTrib consistently chooses to run negative headlines for BYU and the LDS Church

Mathlete

8/29/14 11:45pm

Really, that is interesting. Someone must have lost their job over this one.

GSwarriorcoug

8/29/14 11:57pm

Exceptions don't disprove the rule. The trend is blatantly obvious.

'dweller

8/30/14 1:42pm

I don't deny that there is probably a trend. But practically every news

GSwarriorcoug

8/30/14 2:13pm

The Trib was FOUNDED in opposition to the church

Choke

8/31/14 12:29pm

These are the BYU stories currently headlining their website.

GSwarriorcoug

8/30/14 12:07am

Try looking at the headlines over time

BYU '80

8/30/14 7:39am

Ok, here are all their BYU stories over the last 2 weeks

GSwarriorcoug

8/30/14 2:35pm

Given that those two weeks are during uber positive fall camp

BYU '80

8/30/14 10:51pm

You may be totally right

Extra Biscuits

8/30/14 7:40am

For those that gave me a thumbs down, I am curious what you disagree

GSwarriorcoug

8/30/14 3:38pm

I would love it if someone went and did just that.

Harrison0Yfan

8/29/14 11:44pm

What would the base be? Des is obviously biased

Utesplease

8/30/14 6:46am

Except common sense

BYU '80

8/30/14 7:43am

I am pretty unfamiliar with the situation

Utesplease

8/30/14 7:52am

I don't follow

BYU '80

8/30/14 7:57am

I am reading the situation at face value

Utesplease

8/30/14 8:07am

Which paper is BYU owned

BYU '80

8/30/14 8:11am

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Abe Froman

8/30/14 9:10am

I feel like Trib is anti-BYU whereas DNews isn't anti-Utah

Harrison0Yfan

8/30/14 1:19pm

And cougarboard has an anti BYU bias, right?

Belboz

8/29/14 11:54pm

The real question for journalistic integrity is to compare the trib headline for

RisinUp

8/30/14 12:04am

And the trib mentioned Hill for Heisman... BYU haters

Belboz

8/30/14 12:17am

I'm surprised the headline wasn't more like this

coolcats

8/30/14 7:18am

Lets See: Breitbart News ic

Coug76

8/30/14 7:34am

Lets See: Breitbart News is Conservative, MSNBC is Liberal: Who Cares

Coug76

8/30/14 7:36am

I had that thought as well...glad someone posted it

AZcoug18

8/30/14 9:07am

Newsflash: SLTrib hates the Church and BYU.

BabyOx

8/30/14 9:57am

It was sloppy but pretty impressive given the fact that we had five starters

BlueForLife

8/30/14 10:23am

I'm looking at my copy of the Salt Lake Tribune right now. Headlines:

fredgarvin

8/30/14 11:31am

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