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Fuego/Frio: “This Could Be 1880, For All I Know!”

A timeless episode, in which Erik sifts through a deep pile to give props to the Post's Ready to Rent advertorial supplement ("a humdinger of a publication") and to Asian Fortune ("you can't beat this magazine, folks") for its snazzy, bloggy layout and its treatment of evergreen stories. The black sheep? None other than the InTowner, which Erik upbraids for flacking for a brokerage firm.

Inspirational quote: "Good on Asian Fortune for dealing with an ages-old issue here...this could be 1880 for all I know!"

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Fuego/Frio: The InTowner’s Greatest Headline to Date

BIGGEST COMEBACK SINCE EMINEM: Erik Wemple is all sound and fury this week, taking down the Post for copy errors and showing some love to the Blade—for its investigative work on gays in the military—and the InTowner for one of its...distinctive headlines.

Don't touch that remote!

Fuego/Frio: Erik Wemple Talks!

In which Erik chastises the Dupont Current for its misleading real estate section and rewards the InTowner for—get this—their snappy headlines!

Quote of the week: "That's as succinct as they've been in ten years!" Scary part is, that's probably true.

Meanwhile, the good folks at Reason front a totally unreasonable headline. Erik's flip-out, and Riggs' response, below the jump.

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