By Dan Fitzpatrick
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Published 5/22/07
Excerpt:
Bob Steele, who teaches media ethics and values at St. Petersburg, Fla., journalism think tank The Poynter Institute, admits that "it is unusual to see a campaign of this intensity on an editorial page, a daily focus on one individual" and the intensity "is certainly much greater than virtually any example I can think of." All newspapers, he said, have to apply the tests of tone and proportion to any editorial-page crusade.
