Star’s Creative Headline Writers strike again

by David Safier

They're turning into a daily feature at the Star: anti-Obama headlines.

Today's offering:

Obama to dispirited Dems: 'We still have to lead'

Focus on the Star's choice of the word "dispirited" as you read how other papers headlined the same AP article:

'We still have to lead' (Star-Tribune, Minneapolis)

Obama prescribes election plan to Democrats: Lead (East Valley Trib, Phoenix; Fremont Tribune, Nebraska; Forbes; WTOP radio)

Push agenda, expose GOP tactics, Obama implores Democratic senators (Boston Globe)

I'm still waiting to find a paper whose headlines rival the Star's in their anti-Obama flavor.

And today, we have a visual twofer. The Star uses the most "dispirited" photo it can find to accompany the article.

A serious, haggard Specter, and next to him another Senator looking down. 

Here are the photo choices in other papers:

The Star should be embarrassed. But I think, when it comes to news about Obama, whoever is calling the shots is simply shameless.