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 News Tribune's combination of front page headlines today, one about "gay marriage" immediately above "child porn as evidence":

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"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. The paper had simply tried to bundle legislative matters of the day: gay marriage and child porn. The page was actually laid out under on the watch of David Montesino, the deputy managing editor for visuals, but he's out of the office today at an editorial retreat.

"It was not our intent to make a connection between child pornography and same-sex marriage," Kresse continues. "I can see how people would make that connection, certainly. We certainly regret that people got upset about it."

Mary Anderson, a team leader for the editorial assistants at the Tribune, who I spoke to briefly admitted, "It is kind of an odd juxtaposition."