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09.15.2009 10:41 am

Front-page photo of disfigured pit bull fit story’s theme

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fay, a 5-year-old pit bull rescued during a July 8 multistate federal dogfighting raid, is one of the more than 500 fighting dogs rescued in several states. Because Fay lost her lips and part of her nose from fighting, her teeth are now permanently exposed. Her and the other dogs’ fate has yet to be determined.

Fay, a 5-year-old pit bull rescued during a July 8 multistate federal dogfighting raid, is one of the more than 500 fighting dogs rescued in several states. Because Fay lost her lips and part of her nose from fighting, her…

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08.28.2009 12:58 pm

Microsoft ad flap evokes long history of doctored photos

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Microsoft apologized this week for digitally altering a photo on its web site to replace a black man with a white man.

An item on CNET News explains:

In a photo on the company’s U.S. Web site, three businesspeople — one black, one white…

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08.10.2009 6:55 pm

Was this photograph of distraught mother intrusive?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
G. 9 2009 - Family and friends support Candice Bishop, the mother of three children who died in a fire Saturday, during morning service at Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday morning. (Laurie Skrivan/P-D)

Family and friends support Candice Bishop, the mother of three children who died in a fire Saturday, during morning service at Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday morning. (Laurie Skrivan/P-D)

Monday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch displayed a highly emotional photograph of…

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08.15.2008 11:28 am

Phelps photo on A1

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We had a spirited debate in the newsroom yesterday whether to put yet another Michael Phelps photo on today’s front page.

a01pf1mn08152008pdf.jpgThe director of our photo staff, Larry Coyne, pushed to use a photo of another Olympic athlete, to avoid the…

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07.24.2008 3:45 pm

Are photos of funerals intrusive?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A caller last night strongly objected to photos of grieving relatives on Wednesday’s front page and Metro cover. She called the photos intrusive and disrespectful.

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Each photo accompanied stories related to two deaths that drew heavy media coverage the past few…

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