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The public editor blog is moving 17 Apr 2013 | 12:54 am
Follow me over to KansasCity.com for the new (and faster-loading) public editor blog. Your logins to this site won't work on KansasCity.com, but you may use your existing accounts there of course. Th...
Unexploded Boston Marathon bombs and the "fog of war" 16 Apr 2013 | 07:42 pm
The news will continue to filter out of Boston for quite some time now as investigators piece through what really happened at yesterday's apparent terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon. And one deta...
Why isn't Kermit Gosnell making big national news? 13 Apr 2013 | 02:44 am
Several readers have contacted me recently criticizing The Star for not covering the trial of Kermit Gosnell, who performed abortions at an unlicensed clinic in Philadelphia. He's currently on trial f...
Letter writers not responsible for their own fact checking 13 Apr 2013 | 01:26 am
Two readers contacted me today about a letter in the Opinion section that contained an egregious error: the statement that Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan called for the elimination of Social Security, M...
Should The Star report on viral stories that don't check out? 12 Apr 2013 | 01:33 am
A philosophical question: Should journalists knock down stories that are either false or substantially misreported in other media? This question comes up constantly, and I think there are convincing ...
Obituaries outdated for AOL users 10 Apr 2013 | 03:07 am
A common refrain I've been hearing in the past few weeks: "Your obits are stuck on April 5th. Where are those for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th????" This one's very frustrating some some visitors, becau...
Gas pipeline safety report "important and vital" 9 Apr 2013 | 03:04 am
A caller today commented on the Sunday Page A1 centerpiece about natural gas pipeline safety. "This is the reason I look to newspapers," she said. "This is the kind of reporting that I know isn't may...
Final election results not a correction -- but an interesting news story 6 Apr 2013 | 01:25 am
Two readers contacted me today requesting a correction to the election results tables that ran in the print edition on Wednesday. read more
Quote-Acrostic puzzle error 3 Apr 2013 | 11:48 pm
The puzzles that appear in newspapers don't appeal to everyone. But those who like them tend to really like them in my experience. And that's why I cringe whenever there's a problem with one of them. ...
Two sizes in print edition for a few weeks 2 Apr 2013 | 09:36 pm
A few readers have been noticing that The Star's print edition has been coming in two different widths over the past few days. What's going on? The paper is in the middle of a transition to a narrowe...
