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01.12.2009 3:26 pm

Media, Spider-Man ready for Obama inauguration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“No major media company will miss out on President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration as they swarm Washington in hopes of cashing in on an otherwise bleak first quarter,” Advertising Age — adage.com — notes today in an article titled:

“Obama Bonanza as Media…

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12.30.2008 4:31 pm

Obama election, lousy economy top AP’s 2008 stories of the year

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The election season culminating in Barack Obama’s victory was the top news story of 2008, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in the Associated Press’ annual poll.

The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally…

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09.10.2008 12:30 pm

Why did Palin pick ABC’s Gibson?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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09.03.2008 10:53 am

Paper favoring McCain or Obama?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Politics makes for some strange perceptions.

A caller this morning decried what she called our obvious bias toward McCain.

“I noticed last week when the DNC was going on you couldn’t run a story about Obama without a story about McCain right…

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09.02.2008 10:02 am

“New sidekick” headline angers readers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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08.29.2008 2:49 pm

VP pick loves the outdoors

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Teak Phillips asks in his Hook & Bullet outdoors blog if it matters that Sarah Palin, McCain’s pick for VEEP, is an outdoorswoman. Here’s a link if you want to weigh in.

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