Here's a good example of a mistake where I can't figure out how to write the correction without putting the erroneous information into print again.

Here's what it will read tomorrow, at least in its present form:

The movie grid in the Sept. 17 Preview section incorrectly identified musician Youssou N'Dour as Middle Eastern. He is from Senegal.

Since the Middle East isn't a country, I can't write "incorrectly identified which country Youssou N'Dour is from." And I can't think of any other way to write around it.

A good question e-mailed to me:

"I was glad to see that Mr. Covington of the KC School District was beginning some financial accountability procedures and agreed with his audit of who receives pay. However, I didn't see any followup article on how many did not sign for their pay checks, what consequences may be forthcoming, any other pertient information, and what he may do next."

I've written variations on this topic many times in the past: When people say the media isn't reporting about big demonstrations enough, they're also arguing for scrutiny on the wide variety of voices that are always part of these displays -- and that can bring up topics that wouldn't make everyone happy.

As I wrote last week, readers think The Star has under-covered the sting videos an independent filmmaker has made revealing employees with ACORN counseling a fake pimp and his prostitute on how to hide income and bring prostitutes into the country. If you want to catch up, BigGovernment.com is ACORN sting-vid central.

Folks, there's an Astroturf campaign this morning to complain the print edition didn't cover the anti-Obama rally in Washington Saturday.

But that's wrong. It was the A-2 "Nation Watch" centerpiece, along with photo. That is where a lot of stories about protests over the Iraq war ran, too, by the way.

Several readers have contacted me to express their extreme disappointment that The Star didn't have a reporter at a tribue to Vietnam vets Saturday at the Truman Library.

"I'm just horrified that nobody at The Kansas City Star thought this was worth the time to attend and honor these men's sacrifice," said one particularly upset caller.

Two separate messages from over the weekend illustrate a dichotomy I'm well familiar with.

One, from a reader in Brookside, said he appreciates it most when The Star focuses on the Kansas City area. "Local news is what I turn to The Star for," he said. "I have a lot of other places I can get what's going on in Washington, but not the same for my neighborhood. I always like it when my front page is unique to this city."

Folks, I'm very sorry for anyone having trouble contacting me or any other staffer at The Star today. The e-mail server is down, and may be that way for several more hours. The tech folks are on it 100%.

UPDATE: Most people contacting me think the sting videos are indeed big. One typical example: "It's now three videos - Maryland, New York and Washington D.C... I think it's a story now especially with millions and millions of dollars funding ACORN."

Many readers have called this morning asking why the print edition of The Star hasn't had anything on two scandals involving ACORN.

In Florida, authorities arrested 11 ACORN workers suspected of turning in fake voter registrations last fall.

A story in today's paper about Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, yelling "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during his address last night is a big topic of discussion this morning.

A question in the morning news meeting among editors: Will it be water under the bridge after being dissected all day online and in the talk shows? And I have to wonder if it will seem like piling on, especially since Wilson isn't a local representative.