They mean "bury the LEDE." "Lead," in journalism, means the lead story. "LEDE," means the introduction to a story which encapsulates the news. To "bury the LEDE" means to fail to tell the important news first.
Of course, so few non-journalists know that, and the blogosphere has brought in so many untrained would-be journalists, that the internet most commonly uses the word "lead" for "LEDE."
Learned something today.
Difference between lead and lede.
Thank you. Obviously this blog writer is acquainted with these two words.
I'm one of the ignoramuses you have educated. Thanks!
It appears that "lead" (say "led") refers to the metal used in pre-computer typesetting, and "lede" refers to the leading phrase or paragraph. Because people in newspaper business need to think of both, the perfectly legitimate use of "lead" (say "leed") to signify the latter was deprecated in favor of "lede". The expression is indeed "bury the lede".
"Lead" in the sense of "forward" is a Protestant invention, wholly inappropriate in an article on Catohlic affairs! The spelling was "lede" prior to approximately AD 1500.
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Thanks for the info.
I did not know that word. Thanks for the info.
The blog's author is asking the wrong question, then (Did Benedict XVI bury the lead?). Benedict XVI could not have buried the lede given that he didn't write the NYT article.