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Oh, snap: The punch heard 'round the town
By: Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri
Washington Examiner
11/02/09 11:00 PM EST
Tensions were high Friday in The Washington Post newsroom after feature editor Henry Allen punched Style writer Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face.
Seriously.
D.C. blogs are reporting that Allen was fretting over a "charticle" (article + chart) that was to appear in the Style section and griped at its authors. In defense of the writers, Roig-Franzia got involved and gave Allen this advice: "Henry, don't be such a c
-er."
Allen then gave Roig-Franzia a response with his fist. Since first reported by the blog Fishbowl DC, the Post has gone on a PR blitz, giving inquiring journalists and bloggers this statement: "I can't discuss private personnel matters but that doesn't mean we haven't taken this incident seriously and addressed it appropriately," communications director Kris Coratti told Yeas & Nays.
Though, it sounds to us that Allen felt (with his knuckles) that the incident already was appropriately addressed.
But will Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander or media critic Howard Kurtz weigh in on the punch?
"Not that I know of right now," Coratti said.
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