This struck me as odd, from today's A1 piece headlined: “As Economy Turns, Washington Looks Better:”

What if in the end they got it right?

What if, amid all their missteps and all the harsh criticism, the people in charge of battling the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression — Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, Henry Paulson and the rest — basically succeeded?

Hmm, in an article about how “Washington” might have known what it was doing all along in terms of stemming the deep recessionary tide, the Times leaves Obama out of the lede?

And note that online, Obama's photo is prominently featured above the article and implies he's getting credit. But in the newspaper, Obama's photo doesn't appear until A3,