11.11.2008 3:31 pm

Too little Veterans Day coverage for some readers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Page One teaser

Veterans Day — like the anniversaries of D-Day and Pearl Harbor — carries expectations for certain readers. Many expect the Post-Dispatch to note the occasion with a “Page One story.”

Our Veterans Day coverage today prompted three readers to…

Russia or TV on Page One?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Russia expands fighting in Georgia; 2,000 dead” says a 6-column headline on Page A8 of the Post-Dispatch.

The biggest headline on Page One, over 4 columns:

“Big TV switch is coming, but many in area are…

NOT SET YET AS DIGITAL

KNOCKS ON THE DOOR”

That…

Where’s the war news?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A retired Globe-Democrat staffer called to criticize our day-in and day-out reporting on the war in Iraq. Not enough, not prominent enough, she said.

Five years into the war, is an 8-inch story in the middle of Page A5 enough? (”Iraqis push…

Too little Veterans Day coverage for some readers

Russia or TV on Page One?

Where’s the war news?

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