Not being very familiar with US government webdesign, it took a while for me to realize that this is in fact the official website of the NY attorney general, rather than the personal website of an individual.
The AG's name is written in huge letters on top, as if it was her, rather than her office, that mattered most. The name appears three times before the first paragraph of the article, and again in large, bold letters below the article. To an outside observer, this looks like a political personality cult, and the article itself reads like a PR fluff piece.
For comparison, this[1] is the official website of the German chancellor, the head of government, infinitely more important than an AG. His name is written as a regular-sized menu item, clearly subordinate to the office he occupies, and most of the articles use the term "The Federal Chancellor" to refer to him, rather than his name.
Taken as a whole, those websites paint a picture of radically contrasting administration styles, and aptly demonstrate just how incomprehensible US politics is for Europeans, and vice versa.
To be fair, this is atypical among US government websites. NY leadership in particular seems to tend towards egotism. Lest we forget that governor Cuomo spent millions of taxpayers dollars on new highway signs to rename a bridge after his father, who by many accounts would have abhorred the idea of having a bridge named after him.
Oh man. I worked with a lot of local and state governmental officials at my last job and some of the websites are bonkers.
I've also done fact checking for academic publishers on topics that required deep diving into a lot of non-Western governmental resources and the web design (where there was a web presence) could get really interesting. I highly recommend going to peruse the websites of governmental entities in countries you don't ever think of - you see some weird/cool stuff.
The AG's name is written in huge letters on top, as if it was her, rather than her office, that mattered most. The name appears three times before the first paragraph of the article, and again in large, bold letters below the article. To an outside observer, this looks like a political personality cult, and the article itself reads like a PR fluff piece.
For comparison, this[1] is the official website of the German chancellor, the head of government, infinitely more important than an AG. His name is written as a regular-sized menu item, clearly subordinate to the office he occupies, and most of the articles use the term "The Federal Chancellor" to refer to him, rather than his name.
Taken as a whole, those websites paint a picture of radically contrasting administration styles, and aptly demonstrate just how incomprehensible US politics is for Europeans, and vice versa.
[1] https://www.bundeskanzler.de/bk-en