When * was occupying the White House...

[demokatgurrl]

Did newspapers such as the venerable NY Times call him "Bush" in a headline, or "President"? Just wondering, as I saw the headline on this story:

Obama Unveils $75 Billion Plan to Fight Home Foreclosures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and EDMUND L. ANDREWS
MESA, Ariz. — President Obama pledged on Wednesday to help as many as 9 million American homeowners refinance their mortgages or avert foreclosure, an initiative he said would shore up distressed housing prices, stabilize neighborhoods and slow a downward spiral that he said was “unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself.”

The plan, more ambitious than many housing analysts had expected, was unveiled by Mr. Obama in a high school gymnasium here, in a community that is among the nation’s hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/business/19housing.html?hp

[Captain Hilts]

1. In headlines the last name only is acceptable. In an article, the first reference...

is with full title - President. "President Bush." They've done it correctly here. After that it's "Mr. Roosevelt" or just 'Roosevelt'. That is still the standard practice.

Headlines will often use just 'Pres' or just 'Bush' because of space limitations.

NY tabloids use abbreviations in headlines because of space: Bloomie, Bam for Obama, FDR, 'Liz' is QEII, and so forth.

BUT the newspapers are now run, written and edited by 22 year olds, so there might be mistakes.

This article follows all the standard practices.