The WaPo was being roasted on social media. I'll just let The Other McCain fill you in. Further Proof the Washington Post Copy Desk Is Staffed by Incompetent Idiots : The Other McCain
When news of the UVA shooting happened, the first story at the Washington Post was a glowing review of a boy with a promising future who had a few problems.
As if further proof were needed. They quickly changed the headline and re-wrote the lead, but you have to wonder, what kind of hiring process results in one of the nation’s leading newspapers employing an editor who would click the “publish” button on something like that?
“A gunman has killed three people at a university — quick, somebody write an upbeat human interest feature on the killer!”
There is more, including the details they added AFTER they were raked over the coals. Click thru.
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