The lead headline in Monday’s paper infuriated a number of readers.

“McCain, new sidekick a hit at O’Fallon rally.”

“Totally disrespectful” one reader told me.  She said “sidekick” is a word that should be reserved for comedy acts.

Another offered that…

This morning’s Post-Dispatch had some strong local news reporting that dominated the front page.  It’s not uncommon for local news to fill Page One.  Readers can get national and world headlines from many sources. But our reporting numbers allow us to…

Editors and staffers here are aware of the desire and need to maintain objectivity in our coverage of the presidential campaign. That can be done by matching every word written or photo used on a daily basis — not the easiest or…

A reader complained this morning that we “fixed” Barack Obama’s “uncle” error in the short item we ran today on Page A3. Obama said “uncle” in his speech. Our item said “great-uncle,” she said.

“Obama got camp wrong, but liberation was…