December 8, 2004
WaPo cheese, oh, puh-leeze
Funny how when a newspaper writes about itself, it does so in mind-numbing details that end up making the subject seem so, well, heartwarming? Witness the seven full paragraphs on how everybody had to leave the WaPo offices yesterday in advance of Iraqi President Ghazi "Fozzy Bear" Yawar yesterday.
The best (by which I mean worst):
"There was a burst of excitement when the dog "alerted" on a highly suspicious package under foreign news aide Emily Messner's desk. C-4 explosive, perhaps? No, just a bag of dog food Messner bought to give to a homeless woman to help her feed her pooch."
Of course. The do-gooder. Do you think they would have mentioned it if the dog found Charles Krauthammer had three grams of Neocon Dancing Dust in his desk for when the relentless armchair psychoanalysis of public figures he doesn't like gets tedious?
Therefore, I propose a new rule: If your newspaper gets involved in something that puts it in a newsworthy spotlight, just run the wire story.
Posted by rj3 at December 8, 2004 10:21 AM
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