08.07.2008 11:57 am

Towing vs. Maplewood, Part II

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last month I asked which was the top story: the towing mess involving police chief Mokwa or the Maplewood shootings story. The vote was 5-0 Maplewood over Mokwa. Post-Dispatch editors had judged it the other way, playing Mokwa as the…

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07.22.2008 2:53 pm

Towing mess vs. Maplewood shootings

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

”Towing mess could cost Mokwa” led this morning’s front page of the Post-Dispatch. Another major story, “Fire and gunfire rock Maplewood,” was played second-highest – a two-story and two-photo package that occupied most of the page.

One editor yesterday afternoon questioned that…

Tags: firefighter death, headline, investigation, Jeremy Kohler, Joe Mahr, Joe Mokwa, Maplewood, Mokwa, Page One, Police Board, Post-Dispatch, reporters, tow truck, towing

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