06.25.2009 11:23 am

Newspaper web site features — exploits? — police mug shots

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Florida newspaper’s new web site based solely on police mug shots of crime suspects has launched an ethics debate — and evoked memories of the St. Louis Evening Whirl.

Even a single mug shot can be controversial: From time to…

Tags: mug shots, newspaper ethics, Palm Beach Post, police blotter, Poynter.org, St. Louis Evening Whirl, St. Petersburg Times, Steve Myers, Tampg Bay Mug Shots

01.16.2009 11:23 am

Fact checkers will hold Obama accountable for his 510 promises

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

PolitiFact, the fact-checking web site of the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, says Barack Obama made 510 promises when he was running for president. And it intends to monitor his success at keeping them with its Obameter.

An article on PolitiFact.com calls the…

Tags: Barack Obama, campaign promises, Obameter, political speeches, PolitiFact, PolitiFact.org, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, TampaBay.com, Truth-O-Meter

Newspaper web site features — exploits? — police mug shots

Fact checkers will hold Obama accountable for his 510 promises

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