'Unbelievable!'

Southeast Missourian columnist and publisher Gary Rust is outraged -- outraged! -- about the fact that the Post-Dispatch printed a photo of Peter Kinder standing next to Rod Jetton in a recent article about Jetton's fall from power. In Rust's mind, the photo choice was "an obvious attempt to associate Kinder with Jetton"

The Post-Dispatch is perfectly capable of explaining their own editorial decisions, but if they choose to respond to Rust's complaints, I hope they point out the irony in Rust's complaints about bias. 

After all, Rust used to be Kinder's boss at the Southeast Missourian.  He also gave $12,000 to Kinder's campaign debt committee in 2008 and has been a regular Republican donor. 

None of these facts were mentioned in his story about bias and journalistic unfairness in his defense of Kinder, which may have just been an oversight.