The Washington Post's Saturday "Free for All" is my favorite part of the paper. I enjoy reading the comments of the Post readers as they cogently point out and correct the errors made by the Post writers and editors. The criticisms (if ever acknowledged) will make the paper better.
In the past, I have made a few suggestions to them. Unfortunately, when they call my home to confirm my submission; they never identify themselves. I screen my calls for scammers and we rarely make contact.
I suggest: 1). Hire a Headline editor. Many headlines are
“shortcuts of language to nowhere”, and are often profoundly misinforming.
2). Please add a few more dates to the abscissas of the graphs (the Covid
graph has only three dates in almost two years). I also question if the "running seven day average" is accurate. They might also consider
tracking the number of orphans created by Covid deaths. 3). Add
maiden names to the women in the obits. Looking for old girl friends is
impossible.
I've been complaining for a long time about the decline of journalism in general. I like to use the hash tag #BatBoyJournalism on Twitter. I am referring to the old
Globe and Enquirer photos of "Hillary Clinton's ' love child ' ".
So far I haven't been able to get that to trend.
Put a picture of a puppy or a kitten in your twitter comments and that will work.
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