From an anonymous tipster, not a wire report:
Guy leaves the Washington Post building, carrying a printout with the unmistakable header of something from the Post CMS. He starts editing it, using a nearby Express box as a writing surface.
Pedestrian squeezes past apparent staffer and pulls out an Express.
Postie: [Deadpan] You know, I strongly encourage [...]
This week, we one-up Elmore James, with the most fearsome Fuego/Frio to date. Pay close attention as Wemple discusses apocalyptic prophesies in the Atlantic, superb investigative reporting from the Post, and a circulation scandal at the Express.
Don't touch that remote!
There's a nice piece in Express' Fit section today about Phoenix Bike Shop in Arlington, which I picked as Best Bike Shop a few weeks ago. That wasn't an easy choice—I frequent a few bike shops and am deliriously happy with most of them. City Bikes, right near our office, is a classic local bike [...]
This week: Politico, the Atlantic, and a double-dose of the Express. While one reporter finds himself a bit tied up, the Pope's at a loose end...meanwhile, Al Franken gets the serious treatment and some impressionable high schoolers get "turned on" to caffeine.
Too much going down on an Easter weekend to waste any time in this space. Let's get right into roundupping:
*Folks at Washington Post Co.'s Express appear to have had a nice weekend, as this feature on the ins and outs of ceviche is still fronting the commuter paper's Web site.
*Don't really understand why [...]
As we all know, Ruth Samuelson and Erik Wemple have been taking the local media’s temperature on Fuego/Frío for two decades now. But the following episode, in this viewer's humble opinion, is the all-time best.
Who’s hot? The Post, el Comercio, the Washington Times, and Express, who took home this week's award for Outstanding Selection of [...]
On my commute home on the Green Line, I found an Express on an empty seat. [Whoever cleans Metro must be super pissed about all those copies of Express left on subway cars]. Anyways...what I read really got me down. Here are the things that depressed me:
1) The author of a book entitled The Geography [...]
Celebrating the Free Daily’s Gradual Liberation of the English Language
Date: Sept. 5, 2007
Page: 29
Possible Explanation: Express’ campaign against "premier" and its variants escalates today. A couple of handy rules:
premier: first in importance (adj.); chief official (n.)
premiere: a first performance, broadcast, etc. (n.); to exhibit or broadcast for the first time (vt.)
And they totally [...]
Celebrating the Free Daily's Gradual Liberation of the English Language
Date: Aug. 27, 2007
Page: 10
Possible Explanation: Despite a wealth of errors to choose from— premier as a verb on page 27? the bizarre punctuation in the topper on page 16?—the double-entendre in this headline is today's winner. And yet why can I not shake the suspicion that [...]
Celebrating the Free Daily's Gradual Liberation of the English Language
Date: Aug. 22, 2007
Page: 22
Possible Explanation: This typo falls into such a sweet spot of weirdness that it's frankly impossible to tell whether Kevin Federline will be portraying a member of an influential band or one made up of Native Americans. We're going to guess the [...]
