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09.15.2009 1:43 pm

Closing down comments on Belleville West bus attack

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Our story of the attack on the Belleville West school bus has been viewed more than a half million times, and more than 700 of you have commented on this story or this video.
 
Many of the comments have been insightful.…

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04.13.2009 3:07 pm

On the subject of reader comments that are hard to read

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In early August, STLtoday.com started allowing readers to post comments on our news stories (in addition to our blogs). We’ve discussed the reasons behind that decision and how we monitor story comments before. But it bears a re-examination in the…

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03.03.2009 12:30 pm

How relevant is a crime suspect’s immigration status?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Drawing a parallel to the question of identifying crime suspects by race — an issue recently debated on our “A Conversation about Race” blog — the Miami Herald’s ombudsman examines whether it is right to reveal a suspect’s immigration status in…

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08.25.2008 12:32 pm

Black politics: poor choice of words?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Black politics: Where to now?” read the top headline on today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch.

A couple readers wondered, rather strongly, where that headline was headed.

We received this email from a reader:

Subject: Black Politics Where to Now? WTF??

What’s next? A…

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08.11.2008 10:58 am

Kirkwood and racial tension

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two callers objected to the top headline on Saturday’s front page — “KIRKWOOD RAMPAGE ON TAPE”

Inside the tabloid edition, the story on A5 carried these headlines:

“One minute, 32 seconds”

“Prosecutor releases tape recounting mayhem at City Hall.”

One caller accused us of trying…

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