[Happygal]

The thing is, this newspaper DID carry that headline.

Moore juxtaposed it onto their front page.

However, while Moore was wrong to to that, the newspaper has little room to manoeuvre in terms of saying he manipulated editorial content. They DID carry the headline.

Moore was WRONG to manipulate the weight the newspaper put on the story.
But...the paper, if they feel affronted, shouldn't have ran the story in the first place.

[GeronL]

They said it was not a headline, they said it was a title above a letter to the editor. A letter from a reader.

[doug from upland]

The "story" was actually a letter to the editor who was still whining and claiming that Gore won Florida. Moore made it appear that the newspaper ran a front page story that Gore won Florida. It was a deliberate deception. One of many, many deceptions.

[Dane]

But...the paper, if they feel affronted, shouldn't have ran the story in the first place

It wasn't a story, IIRC. It was a letter to the editor.

[Oztrich Boy]

But...the paper, if they feel affronted, shouldn't have ran the story in the first place.

It wasn't a story, it was a letter to the editor. "Freedom of expression, all shades of opinion, views expressed are not necessiarlly those of the staff or proprietors yada yada".

And it wasn't a headline, it was a heading to the letter, normal newspaper practice.

Now go away