Resigned To His Fate

John Yates, the assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, resigned today as a result of the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Rather than fill the airwaves with repetitive postings, I'll keep watching these until the end of the week and publish an updated casualty list.

Does anyone really think this is confined to the UK? I'd be amazed if the New York Post had never hacked anyone's phones.

Emphasis

Today, I noticed competing headlines about a New York state senator, arrested on charges of accepting bribes. From the New York Times:

Graft Charges Depict Kruger’s Lavish Lifestyle

And from the New York Post:

BRIBE & GROOM: Pol, secret gay lover arrested

Steel Cage Death Match

In a test of persistent use of pejoratives, we stack up the New York Post against the Daily News. Today's word: thug.

New York Post: Your search for "thug" returned 3430 results.

Daily News: Your search for "thug" found 996 results.

Daily News writers, you have work to do. Go find some thugs.

Honey I [verbed] the [noun]

That movie title has been the gift that keeps on giving to anyone desperately short of a snappy phrase in their newspaper. The latest one saw this poor guy have his car iced in. The Post's front page, a day late? Honey I Froze The Car.