Gazette ombudsman questions headlines and editing choices
Readers criticize Gazette headlines from Payne Stewart death to Gore successes and police mergers. Copy editors defend brevity under deadline pressure while reporters suggest headlines. The ombudsman notes errant headlines across multiple stories in The Gazette.
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Hugh Hefner
the Gazette
Spain
Chipper Jones
Atlanta Braves
Annette Schulte
Gazette
Universal Desk
Schulte
the Gazette Banner
Newsroom resolutions for better headlines and ethics
Readers and editors discuss improving media practices in a year of contentious coverage. The piece outlines headline processes at The Gazette from concept to final edit and cautions against sensationalism while stressing accuracy and reader response.
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Bush
Schulte
the Gazette
Terror on Flight 611 Baby on Board
A humorous account of traveling with an 8 month old across multiple flights. The author mocks baby-related travel chaos, imagines a baby-centric airline, and recalls mishaps including a cloth book titled Farm Faces and an unenthusiastic reaction to The Perfect Storm.
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Terror
Baby
Magellan
Hell
Sophie
George Clooney
Portugal
Hell Airlines
Worm
Let Markets Shape Public School Reform And Charter Schools
James K. Glassman argues for competitive education reform through vouchers and private sector involvement. He compares K-12 to universities, cites charter schools in Arizona, and suggests government should step back or open education to competition to improve outcomes for disadvantaged students.
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Ashington
Holy Cross
Yeshiva
Harvard
Robert Reich
Wall Street Journal
Milton Friedman
Arizona
United States
Reason Magazine
Local control and election drama in Florida’s recount debate
In Tallahassee the piece notes Scalia’s Florida recount ruling and mocks the legislature’s dual elector plan. It derides local control, laments media missteps, and argues hand recounts are clearer than machine counts amid heated partisan theater.
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Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Tallahassee
Fla
Johnnie B. Byrd Jr
Byrd
Tom Feeney
Ken Littlefield
Littlefield
Virginia Johnson
Bush
Wauchula
Hardee County
Chad
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