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Canada is in mourning today, and tributes to Jack Layton are on the cover of every daily newspaper. The reaction from journalists across the country has been marked by reverence for the man and unmitigated grief (well, with a couple exceptions).

[caption id="attachment_1653" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Globe and Mail, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1659" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Journal de Montreal, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1660" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's National Post, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1661" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Toronto Star, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1662" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Vancouver Sun, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1663" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Winnipeg Free Press, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1664" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The front page of today's Calgary Herald, via Newseum.org."][/caption]

Thanks to Newseum.org's front page gallery.

[caption id="attachment_1570" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="Chart created by David Cohn/Digidave."][/caption]Do journalists working in various media really perceive each other like the above image suggests? Of course, David Cohn, who made the chart, is having a bit of fun with the stereotypes about people who work in print versus broadcast…