blog post by John Hoff
Northeast residents near 2419 Washington St. NE seem kind of surprised a murder took place in their neighborhood. I think editors at Fox 9 were surprised, too, when they realized the shooting happened in NorthEAST and not in, well, True North.
In fact, I'm pretty sure when the article was originally published, the headline said "North Minneapolis" instead of "Northeast." That's revealed by the URL of the article, which the internet magically creates when an article is first published but which stays unchanged even when a headline is edited:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22479899/man-gunned-down-in-car-outside-north-minneapolis-party
Compare the URL to the headline now appearing on the article:
Man gunned down in car outside northeast Minneapolis party
See what I mean? An assumption based on a stereotype was involved when the article was first published. The article said "North Minneapolis" and not "Northeast Minneapolis." Which was why it turned up in my Google search for "North Minneapolis."
But I'm glad it did. Because I managed to find out some rather interesting facts to share...
