How about this for daring? The Chicago Sun-Times ran a front page on Tuesday with almost every word on its front page reversed. It was a bold attempt to show its readers just how bad the violence is getting in the city.
In an accompanying explanation, the paper said: "We are trying to say to our fellow Chicagoans, in the most attention-grabbing manner we can, that turning our back on the violence killing our young people will not make it disappear."
It came after a weekend spree of violence in which seven people were shot dead and 29 more were wounded in shootings. The paper has been running a series on the crime wave.
The Sun-Times borrowed the idea of reversing the type from El Tiempo, a newspaper in Colombia that was highlighting the activities of the FARC terrorists. It inspired thousands of Colombians to march in protest.
