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11.12.2009 10:46 am

What’s next for Lou Dobbs?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After Lou Dobbs‘ surprising resignation from CNN Wednesday, what’s next in his professional career?

The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz  quotes a Fox News spokesman as saying the network hasn’t had discussions with Dobbs.  The Los Angeles Times’ political blog Top of the…

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08.21.2009 6:45 pm

LA Times corrects TV listing mixing up “Jackass” show, Olbermann

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Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann

We generally don’t like to laugh at other’s mistakes — we sure make enough embarrassing errors of our own — but a reader points out a correction in the Los Angeles Times that truly is one for the ages:

For…

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06.26.2009 11:59 am

Share your thoughts on the display of Michael Jackson’s obituary

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Was Michael Jackson’s death worth front-page display in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch? For editors yesterday, the answer was clearly yes.

But how much display was appropriate? News of his death arrived late afternoon. (Bob Rose will be posting a…

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06.26.2009 11:48 am

How a gossip site scooped the world on Michael Jackson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Los Angeles Times this morning had a story about how celeb-gossip site TMZ scooped other media on reporting Michael Jackson’s death.

Jackson’s time of death was 4:26 p.m. St. Louis time. At 4:44 p.m., TMZ reported that Jackson was dead. The…

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06.19.2009 1:49 pm

Minneapolis Star Tribune files its plan to exit bankruptcy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is offering a glimpse of a newspaper after bankrupcty. These details are from a Star Tribune story by David Phelps:

  • The current owners are gone and get nothing.
  • First-lien creditors get new common stock and secured notes with…
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06.15.2009 3:44 pm

Los Angeles Times turns front page over to HBO ad

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L.A. Times

The Los Angeles Times turned its front page over to advertising last Friday. Beneath the newspaper’s flag –  Los Angeles Times — was a full-page ad for the HBO series “True Blood,” which premiered Sunday evening.

Here’s part of an…

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04.16.2009 12:00 pm

Fox, MSNBC guilty of prejudging tea party protests, TV critic says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LA Times media critic James Rainey says both Fox News and MSNBC were guilty of prejudging Wednesday’s tax party protests.

Rainey writes:

“You’d expect conservative commentators like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity to be hyping today’s wave of anti-tax “tea parties.” But Fox…

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01.21.2009 3:42 pm

The incredible shrinking crowd at Obama’s inauguration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The crowd at President Barack Obama’s inauguration topped 2 million — at least that figure was being reported Tuesday morning — but it seems to have been steadily shrinking.

As a rule, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reluctant to give crowd…

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09.22.2008 11:28 am

Whose leadership style is best?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

John McCain and Barack Obama not only offer a choice of contrasting policies but also contrasting styles of leadership, writes Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times.

His article appeared in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch on Page A10. “Contrasting leadership styles become more apparent.”

This…

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09.04.2008 11:43 am

Palin headline on point?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Palin pledges to shake up D.C.” is the lead headline on the top story in today’s Post-Dispatch.  “Making history” is the second headline and the third: “First woman on GOP ticket throws quick jabs at Obama.”

Slate.com’s  synopsis of major national papers indicates…

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