There’s an interesting article on theroot.com by Sam Fulwood III titled “Why Obama can’t get mad.”
Fulwood’s political leanings are clear from the opening words: “I’m sick of folks yapping about how Barack Obama needs to do a war dance on John…
Of all the journalists out there, why did Sarah Palin choose ABC News’ Charles Gibson for her first exclusive interview since being named to the GOP ticket? The interview is scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, and the network plans to…
An interesting article in today’s Washington Post (”As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They’re Undone”) examines many of the claims and counterclaims being made by the McCain and Obama camps.
(Post-Dispatch editors are preparing a clarification to run tomorrow…
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 maybe we…
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…
