Journalism is often about priorities. The act of newsgathering and storytelling is more than assembling facts and quotes and providing context. It’s also about deciding what’s important and specifically which stories are more newsworthy than others. On August 10, NBC News’ First Read, the early morning tip sheet, signaled to readers what the top news story of that day was: OFF TO THE RACES: New Clinton email questions From the New York Times: "A new batch of State Department emails released Tuesday showed the close and sometimes overlapping interests between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department when Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state.