Dive into the archives.
- #9214
Editor, after receiving notice of a murder-suicide: “They always die after deadline.”
- #9212
Editor: “Just had a call from a guy who is upset that we are ruining his image because he is a minister and doesn’t want to be identified as a crack head.”
- #9206
Chief reporter on phone to hospital: “I’m checking the condition of the patient involved in the man v horse incident. Stable condition? Are you being funny?”
- #9196
Reporter after an email exchange with a source who wanted to change his quotes after the fact: “If you don’t want to be quoted, then shut your mouth!”
- #9193
Reporter, on phone with caller: “Has the bus driver bitten any children before?”
- #9190
Executive editor, looking at legislative election story: “Ohhh, I recognize her.” Managing editor: “Yeah, she’s got legislator hair.”
- #9188
Copy editor 1: “Dick Cheney had a heart transplant?” Copy editor 2: “What are they going to do with his old one?” Copy editor 3: “He didn’t have one.”
- #9183
Editor to guy on the phone: “I have to be honest, it sounds rather dull.”
- #9181
Reporter: “I just had someone call me to ask what an iPad is. … It really is true: We’re Google for old people. Don’t know what something is? Call the paper. Don’t know when something is? Call the paper.”
- #9179
Reporter 1 on a source: “Do you think she’s crazy.” Reporter 2: “Well, I think the people who go to her for psychic readings are crazier.”
- #9173
Assignment editor: “Who’s this guy they call The Situation? Did he name himself that?”
- #9167
Reporter: “I reported it wrong but no one caught it.”
- #9162
Editor on a source calling to ask for a free copy of the magazine: “We sell subscriptions here. What don’t we sell? Dreams.”
- #9158
Reporter after getting off phone with source: “She said she’s ready to cry, which is a good thing. I like making people cry, it is one of my passions in life.”
- #9151
Reporter: “George Clooney got arrested?” Editor: “Yeah, I heard that too. Kinda gives him some street cred.”
- #9146
Editor 1: “Why would you want to wear bacon cologne? To attract flocks of fat people?” Editor 2: “You’d never be cold in the winter.”
- #9144
Managing editor: “That’s not white trash, that’s a white landfill.”
- #9140
Web editor to reporter: “Can we do another photo of Trump? One where it doesn’t look like his hair is attacking him? It seems like we’re making fun of him.”
- #9137
Editor: “When in doubt, other people are always the stupid ones.”
- #9125
Extremely southern city editor upon getting off the phone with source: “Well, somebody’s done stole the judge’s car.”
