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RT @CLMcCarthy WashPost writer curses editor, editor punches him out. Ah, the newsroom! http://bit.ly/cXXud Ha! 19 days ago |
Postie Bob Barkered for Bad Journalism
The American Scene —
This bit of Washington Post gossip is my favorite media story of the year (emphasis added):
Details are sketchy, but numerous witnesses report that veteran feature editor Henry Allen punched out feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzia on Friday. The fracas took place in sight of Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli’s office. Brauchli rushed to separate the two.
It should be noted that Allen is nearly seventy, but he served in the Marines in Vietnam. He also won a Pulitzer prize in 2000 for criticism. Both apparently came ...
Brauchli on WaPo fight: 'We take this incident seriously'
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli found himself in the middle of a fight Friday evening between Style reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia and editor Henry Allen, but will not say whether the two have been reprimanded by the paper.
“We take this incident seriously and will address it appropriately,” Brauchli told POLITICO by phone, declining to comment further.
Reports that Allen punched Roig-Franzia surfaced Monday morning on FishbowlDC, Washingtonian and City Paper (which reported Brauchli was traveling today). ...
Fist fight in the Washington Post newsroom
Michelle Malkin —
... But their own reporters and editors can’t keep their own potty mouths and fists from flying when they disagree: It’s come to this: The Washington Post Style section, for years known as “the sandbox” because it was a playground for sometimes immature writers, has turned into a boxing ring because one of the editors was revolted by a story that came across his desk on deadline. Details are sketchy, but numerous witnesses report that veteran feature editor Henry Allen punched out feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzia on Friday. The fracas took place in sight of Post executive ...
Civility Quiz
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Or, a newsroom environment where reporters call their editors [expletives that are too dirty to even shorten or suggest on a family blog such as this one] and their editors proceed to tackle them and punch them. ...
Video: Washington CityPaper Staff Reenact Washington Post Editorial Fight
Politics Daily —
... a much-discussed blowup between an editor and reporter at the Washington Post "Style" section last week, which ended in 77-year-old editor Henry Allen punching feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzia. Allen had been ranting that a piece Roig-Franzia co-wrote with "Style" writer Monica Hesse was "the second worst story I have seen in 'Style' in 43 years." ...
