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08.27.2009 10:41 am

Do newspapers really generate 85 percent of fact-based news?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sunday’s New York Times Book Review carried Sir Harold Evans‘ review of Alex S. Jones’ book Losing the News. The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy.

The review states:

The most valuable element in journalism is often enough not an episode that occurred today,…

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03.19.2009 5:55 pm

Barack Obama’s appearance on Jay Leno is not in the A1 lineup

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
AP Photo/Evan Agostini

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

At our afternoon stand-up news meeting today, one of our editors asked if President Barack Obama’s appearance tonight on Jay Leno should be one of our front-page stories. At the time, it wasn’t in the four-story lineup — and…

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10.27.2008 7:32 pm

Comedians pounce on McCain-Palin, study finds

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press reports another reason to consider this current election season historic: Late-night comics have never before been so one-sided in making fun of one presidential ticket.

The AP reports:

“As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren’t enough, the…

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