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Quote(s) of the Day

Competing journos imbibe

“Great party for 1st wp boss given by k weymouth. Met @jimbradysp. despite media tales of mutual antagonism we all drink together. Shock ” –Katharine Zaleski, WaPo‘s head of Digital News Products, in a weekend tweet, referring to TBD’s Jim Brady.

Reporter inserts variety into prose

“A couple weeks ago I put ‘schadenfreude’ in a piece. Tomorrow, ‘pas de deux.’ I’m working my way through the romance languages.” –NPR’s White House correspondent Ari Shapiro in a weekend tweet.

Henneberger’s ass/oral sex comparison

“Has Obama done for ‘ass’ what Clinton did for oral sex? (Suddenly, our writers want to use it in every headline…)”
–Politics Daily Editor-in-Chief Melinda Henneberger in a weekend Facebook update.

An editor in shining armor

“Second time today I’ve returned something a woman dropped from her purse without noticing. Ladies, be careful out there!”
–Washingtonian Editor-in-Chief Garrett Graff in a weekend tweet.

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