I don't want to make too much hay out of what I believe is an honest mistake. A sloppy mistake and the sort of mistake that is literally the job of editors to avoid, admittedly, but an honest one. However, folks keep complaining about the Tacoma News Tribune's combination of front page headlines today, one about "gay marriage" immediate above "child porn as evidence":
Via Slog tipper Steve
"Some people interpreted it as trying to connect the two stories sexually, when it was our intent to connect them legislatively," explains Jim Kresse, head of the Tribune's copy editors, who had nothing to do with the layout.
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