Burying the lead means that somewhere deep in a news story readers stumble upon the real news - something that should have been in the first paragraph. A lead was buried deeply in The Cavalier Daily Feb. 9. The story was about a debate among candidates for the Republican nomination to run against Rep. Tom Periello (D), Congressman for Virginia's 5th Congressional District. The University College Republicans hosted the debate.
The story didn't say a lot about where the six candidates stand on the issues, but it sounded like an engaging event and all the folks who were interviewed seemed happy with the way things went. Then, in the fifteenth paragraph of the eighteen-paragraph story, the following was printed: "Immediately after the debate, [Joshua] Lambert resigned as chairman of the College Republicans, explaining that he had shown great commitment to the organization but could not honestly say he had enjoyed his term and claimed he could no longer continue." Lambert attributed his disheartenment to current Republican Party politicians serving in the Capitol, calling them 'spineless bureaucrats.' "I can no longer lend my name to an organization that cares nothing for its roots," said Lambert during his resignation speech.
Lambert's announcement proved unexpected indeed - especially since the story had previously mentioned Lambert's name at least three times. The first reference was to "Chairman Joshua Lambert"
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