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11.24.2008 10:35 am

Playful Page One headlines annoy reader

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A vacation week’s worth of voice messages produced few comments from readers last week. One  complained about the playfulness of these two headlines on last Thursday’s front page:

“Bellwether — or not” (A headline on a story that said McCain’s win in Missouri…

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11.14.2008 11:02 am

Do you save old front pages for posterity?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Did you save the front page of the Post-Dispatch the day after Barack Obama’s election victory?

Almost a quarter (23 percent) of Americans say they are saving a newspaper with headlines about Barack Obama’s victory, according to a study by the…

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11.05.2008 1:52 pm

Other papers’ Obama headlines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s a link to the Newseum’s display of newspaper front pages from across the county.

Almost all tried to capture the historic nature in a few simple words:

“In Our Lifetime.”

“A Nation Changed.”

“Change has come.”

“Obama Wins”

“OBAMA”

“Obama’s Nation”

“Historic Victory”

“Mr. President”

The Huntsville Times of…

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11.05.2008 1:37 pm

How we chose the headline for Obama’s election

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tuesday was a historic day for our country, and the Post-Dispatch needed a headline this morning that captured the significance of the election of America’s first black president.

YES, HE DID headlines

We considered dozens of headlines suggested by copy editors and other staffers at…

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10.31.2008 12:06 pm

Report on Obama-Palin effigies is called biased

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Friday morning’s Post-Dispatch carried three disturbing paragraphs about brutalized effigies of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin — and two readers told me they detected political bias in the editing of those 61 words.

The Post-Dispatch item on the effigies appeared as…

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10.13.2008 3:13 pm

More complaints of political bias

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A few readers complained about our display of a couple presidential politics stories this past weekend.

On Saturday, we ran a 6-inch story “Alaska investigator finds Palin abused her power” on Page A20. A reader who said he favors Obama thought…

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10.10.2008 5:25 pm

Fear and the stock market

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A reader scolded us for Friday morning’s top headline: “‘Spiral of fear’ drives stocks down again.”

The reader asked if the Post-Dispatch is trying to create a panic, noting that we’ve had a steady drumbeat of “fear” in Page One lead…

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10.07.2008 10:13 am

Is the spotlight on McCain tonight?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht wrote an insightful preview of tonight’s presidential debate.

Lambrecht is a seasoned political reporter who has covered many presidential campaigns and debates in his 30 years with the Post-Dispatch.  His take on tonight’s debate was summarized by…

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10.07.2008 9:21 am

The big words on Page One

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The biggest headline on today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch — on the Dow’s drop amid global economic fears — was almost “Another manic Monday.” We instead chose “A harrowing ride” as the main headline.

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10.03.2008 11:32 am

Did today’s headline hit the mark?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“They hit their marks” read the biggest words on today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch, indicating that Joe Biden and Sarah Palin both achieved what they sought in last night’s debate. (No blunders, no gaffes, no hurting the top person on…

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