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Layers of editors and fact-checkers at the Columbus (OH) Dispatch and others involved in its production "somehow" failed to detect the creation of an obviously false caption to a campaign rally photo of Donald Trump taken by a St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer. The photo, taken on Friday at Trump's St. Louis appearance by the Post-Dispatch's David Carson, had the following caption, apparently added surreptitiously, when it appeared in print at the Columbus Dispatch: "Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in St. Louis. He was scheduled to go to Chicago for a rally, but canceled as his supporters became violent."  If any press...

A forensic pathologist quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story about the shooting death of Michael Brown said some of her statements concerning the autopsy were taken out of context. ... Melinek said she did not assert that a gunshot wound on Brown's hand showed that he was reaching for Wilson's gun during a struggle while the officer was in a police SUV and Brown was standing at the driver's window, as the Post-Dispatch reported. Melinek told the Washington Post that the autopsy facts could be viewed differently. "Bullet trajectory analysis is complex, ad you cannot interpret autopsy reports in...

Those worried the St. Louis Post-Dispatch would abandon its reliably liberal Democratic slant under new ownership can rest easy, according to the purchase agreement mailed to Pulitzer shareholders. Lee Enterprises Inc. agreed to purchase the company for $1.46 billion with a promise to maintain its editorial policies for at least the next five years, according to documents to Pulitzer shareholders Friday. "For a period of at least five years following the Effective Time, Parent (Lee Enterprises) will cause the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to maintain its current name and editorial page platform statement and to maintain its news and editorial headquarters...

The top "Democrat" building (address) according to fundrace.org in the city of St. Louis, Missouri is "900 Tucker Blvd.", which is the ADDRESS of the St. Louis Post-Disgrace, er, "Dispatch."Going to the details of the site, we see "Michael E. Pulitzer", Chairman, President, CEO of Pulitzer Publishing has given $25,000 to the DNC and $2000 to Ketchup Boy.

<p>John Sherffius, whose cartoons you have seen on this page for the past five years, has resigned from the Post-Dispatch. Until we complete a search for his replacement, we will use a variety of syndicated cartoons on the editorial page.</p>