Romenesko

Seattle Times
One reader thought the Page One story on scantily clad baristas was a nice change from hearing about death in Iraq, but others said it wasn't appropriate for a family newspaper. "Is this a NEWSpaper, or a porn magazine?" asked a reader. Local news editor Joan Deutsch says: "The lesson learned for me is that placing the story on A1 had such impact that it deeply offended certain readers. In hindsight, I don't think the story was significant enough to take that risk of alienating those readers." More editor/ombud columns:
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