"Through the generations, scouts have made America a stronger and better nation," Mr. Bush proclaimed.
"Thousands of scouts have shown the highest form of patriotism by going on to wear the uniform of the United States," he said.
The truncated story in the Times' late edition was even more spare -- four brief paragraphs, the longest one a mere seven lines.
So what did you miss if that's all you read?
Oh, not much -- four electrocutions, one death from a heart attack and 300 scouts felled by heat exhaustion!
By contrast, let's take a look at the Associated Press, which gets to the heart of the story and all its awful, imperfect details right away:
Succeeding on his third try to visit them, President Bush comforted thousands of Boy Scouts yesterday at a national jamboree marred by the electrocutions of four leaders, the death of a volunteer, and the stifling heat that sickened 300.
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