Everything that was ordered. Whether it was eaten. The Luxury of Time Print reporters have a luxury that few broadcast reporters ever have the luxury of time. Lots of time to research and write the story. Writers at newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post may work on one feature story for weeks.
Investigative projects can take more than a year.
Another reason for this kind of trivia is an effort to draw pictures with words. Many newspaper editors are still not interested in pictures. They are word people. They simply don t understand the impact of pictures. When they have good photos, many of them don t know how to display them to their best advantage.