Media Coverage of WYD

World Youth Day is getting HUGE media coverage in Sydney; full front page in the racier Telegraph, whose story today about the Pope's visit to the zoo is headline "Bennie and the Pets;" and pretty big play in the more sedate Morning Herald. And in the states coverage is pretty much a big yawn, at least in the New York Times.
Just for some perspective, here are links to stories from those 3 papers:

• The Daily Telegraph: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,24027444-5001030,00.html and http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,24016157-5001021,00.html

• The Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/rules-would-ban-giving-water-to-faithful/2008/07/11/1215658130129.html and http://news.smh.com.au/business/pilgrims-bring-business-boom-to-sydney-20080713-3edk.html and http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/pope-on-the-water/2008/07/11/1215658103605.html
• New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/world/asia/16pope.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=world%20youth%20day&st=cse&oref=slogin
  

No need for comment. Just a demonstration of the seemingly infinite number of perceptions that can frame one event.