Some headline writers delighted in the Eliot Spitzer scandal. (Darrin admitted she resisted the urge to use "Mr. Clean" in our headline.) I did a search of A1 headlines of papers in the greater New York area, and here are a few gems:New York Daily News:
PAY
FOR
LUV
GOV
Niagara (Falls) Gazette:
ELIOT MESS
Prostitution scandal may bring down governor
The Record (New Jersey):
'Mr. Clean' soiled
Spitzer in Bergen call-girl scandal
And a favorite, in the New York Post:
HO NO!
On MSNBC, Chris Matthews was interviewing a New York Daily News reporter today. He asked her if she had ever met those "guys in the green eye shades" who write those great tabloid headlines for her paper. He said he assumed they were guys. The reporter said no, she had never met them, but that they had "a rare skill." Guess we should take comfort in the fact that our reporters have met us. And we aren't all old guys wearing green eye shades!
