Posted on 02/22/2017 4:13:15 PM PST by pissant
The Washington Post has a new motto, displayed right below the paper's logo on its homepage: "democracy dies in darkness."
It's a new thing for the paper, which never had a motto or slogan in its 140-year history. Not through World War I, or the Great Depression, or World War II, or the Cold War, or Vietnam, or Watergate, or the War on Terror, or — or anything. Through all that time, including the period when the Post was lionized for shining light on Watergate, did the paper have a motto.
But now, it is "democracy dies in darkness." The paper debuted the slogan on Snapchat, and now it's on the website, and will appear in the printed paper in coming weeks, according to spokeswoman Molly Gannon.
Just to be sure I hadn't missed something, I asked Gannon if the Post had ever had a slogan like the New York Times' "all the news that's fit to print." "This isn't intended to be a tagline in that way," Gannon answered, via email. "If you're asking if we have ever had anything like the NYT 'Fit to Print' motto, the newspaper had long used in marketing 'If you don't get it, you don't get it.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“democracy dies in darkness.” ...and we know how to hide the truth from the light of day.
“democracy dies in darkness.”
Sound “dark” and racist.
The WP can issue logo and tag heads ‘til the cows come home, but nothing will change their fate until they remember what a newspaper is supposed to do, and it is not promote your own agenda.
You have a point! Why should “darkness” be loaded with negative connotations? Black Lives Matter should picket and demonstrate outside their headquarters!!! ;)
Wait are they referring to BLM?
That’s rasist!
Washington Poo - black and white and Red all over
SeeBS News - Fake but accurate
My new motto.
The Washington Post, flush when you’re done.
I kind of like, “Our lights are on but nobody’s home.” Perfect for El Wapo Gestapo.
What a bunch of self important drama queens.
All the news that’s fit to shizz
With the internet, it’s brighter than it has ever been.
WaPo readers are mushrooms. Their newspaper keeps them in the dark and feeds them bull$#!t.
(by Judson T. Pewther using Anagram Genius) (1998)
D-e-m-o-c-r-a-c-y is a funny way to spell Washington Post.
... but the light at the end of the tunnel is the Trump Train!
Wapo: We’re a triple flusher.
Ok, I’ve got you down.
“:^)
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