Let's compare and contrast two articles from the Journal's A section today. One is about Obama's speech to the U.N. on Wednesday, and one was about Sarah Palin's speech to a Hong Kong audience on Wednesday.

Now, if you were a news editor, which story would warrant more time and attention? Would it be A) the one where the new President of the United States address for his first time the joint session of the United Nations and lays his vision for foreign relations. Or, would it be B) the one where last year's failed vice presidential candidate travels overseas to give a speech to wealthy investors?

If you work for the WSJ, you answered B, of course.

-Number of paragraphs in the Journal's Obama speech news article: 6

-Numbers of paragraphs* in the Journal's Palin speech news article: 10

Yep, inside the Journal newsroom, Palin's speech was nearly twice as important--twice as newsworthy--as Obama's address to the U.N.

*Corrected to “paragraphs.” Originally read “words.”