05.13.2008 12:52 pm

Did the half-sheet on today’s paper upset you?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The unusual wrap-around page on today’s Post-Dispatch is known as a spadia.

Several readers called this morning to call it something else.

“Are you certifiably crazy? What is that weird thing covering the front page, about STLtoday.com?”

Another caller:

“You obliterated the front…

Offended by “The Lou”

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Some things are sure to upset some readers. Two women readers called today to say they were offended by a Page One reference to St. Louis as “The Lou.”

(The skyteaser at the top of the Post-Dispatch’s front page this…

Grade our coverage of the pope’s visit

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’ve received a few — four at noon — calls from readers livid over our coverage and display of Pope Benedict XVI’s historic first visit to the United States.

“I am deeply ashamed,” read our top headline.

Smaller label words atop that…