Contrasting Headlines on Boeing Decision

The Seattle Times: Charleston, S.C. wins: What went wrong

The Post and Courier (Charleston): BOEING: Aircraft giant lands here

The Charleston paper also invites readers to visit its Boeing page.

I think the "what went wrong" spin, while understandable, needs to be a short-lived period of introspection, leading to "what must we do to get it right," with it referring to creating jobs and attracting investment.

In the Bloomberg News, John Stanton takes that next step.

Washington will have to reduce taxes and reconsider labor- friendly rules to win future work, said John Stanton, a cellular-phone entrepreneur and chairman of the Washington Roundtable, a nonprofit policy group that lobbied to keep the second line in-state.

“This process has clearly gone on over months,” said Stanton, whose father worked on Boeing’s 727, 737 and 747 models as an engineer. “Maybe over years. Today was just the day for the big-font headline.”

Two big-font headlines. A wake-up call here and a celebration there.