Thursday, January 10, 2008

Globe ran explanation of Parade story on Bhutto

I do have an update on my post concerning the Sunday Parade insert in the Joplin Globe in which an interview with assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto appeared, and page one headlines gave the impression that Ms. Bhutto was still alive.

A reader e-mailed to let me know the Globe ran an explanation of the Parade article on page 5A of its Monday edition, apparently after receiving some complaints. While I am pleased to hear the fallout from the story was not ignored, it would seem logical that someone in the Globe's editorial hierarchy could have anticipated that people would be upset by the article. An explanation in a prominent place in the Sunday edition would have been appropriate.

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