The author of a new book on journalism ethics (The Ethical Journalist: Making Responsible Decisions in the Pursuit of News) says he thinks newspapers are making a huge mistake by allowing their staffers to blog without an editor reading behind them.

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UPDATE: Protests over health care reform disrupted Rep. Russ Carnahan’s  town hall forum on aging Thursday night in south St. Louis County. Six people were arrested outside after the forum, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman. Here’s a link…

So the “Obama Truth Squad” story the mainstream press — including the Post-Dispatch — was said to be ignoring finally appeared in print today.

“KMOV’s report on Obama ‘truth squad’ stirs up controversy” was at the top of the Metro cover…

A reader emailed me a link to a newsbusters.org article by Tom Blumer on the controversy over prosecutors and a sheriff being on Barack Obama’s Missouri Truth Squad.  Blumber wonders why the print media has ignored the matter.

The reader who sent…