SamPratt.com

Carole Osterink of ccScoop delivers a finely-detailed (yet eminently-readable) blow-by-blow account of yesterday's lively court proceedings at the Hudson Elks Club. The day culminated in a stunning Democratic victory over the Republican voter-disenfranchisement effort, which has implications far beyond the borders of tiny Taghkanic.

Meanwhile, the Register-Star publishes a much more subdued account which sands down some of the rougher edges, and tends to shield the County GOP from wider exposure of the day's more embarrassing twists and turns.

Reading both allows you not just to draw your own inferences about these events, but about the nature of local news coverage.

For example: One can deduce from ccScoop's coverage that the very first Election Law interpretation that newly-minted GOP Commissioner Jason Nastke was called on to make was overturned by Judge Nichols within an hour; whereas Democratic Commissioner Virginia Martin made the correct call. (Note: Nichols is a Republican.) The Register discloses none of the drama over this aspect of the ballot dispute, while dwelling at some length on the GOP's rejected claims about individuals' residency.