How we enjoy it when the New York Times takes some time out of its busy routine of pontificating on the state of the modern woman to cast a spotlight on the Washington area! Yesterday, the Times’ Media Decoder blog lent some attention to the Washington Examiner’s crime-fighting abilities. Oh, you didn’t know that the paper possessed such awesome powers?
Of course, it wouldn’t be the Times if there wasn’t a little bit of passive Manhattan poo-pooing, now would it? Jeremy W. Peters doesn’t waste much time getting that out of the way, inserting it directly into the lede:
The Washington Examiner is known around the nation’s capital for its conservative bent, bite-size news reports and price that cannot be beat: it is given away on the Metro.
Translation: frankly, we’re shocked this paper can even exist, let alone single-handedly compel criminals, or people who know the whereabouts of said criminals, into action!
About once a month, the United States Marshals Service in the Washington area apprehends a fugitive caught with the help of Examiner readers. So far, marshals have rounded up 24 suspects after receiving calls from people who read about a fugitive in the paper.
The captures are the result of a weekly item in The Examiner called “Most Wanted,” which has featured a fugitive for the last two and a half years. Readers are provided a number to call if they think they have any information about the case. More often than not, they do.
You hear that, lawbreakers? There is no escape from the watchful eye of the Examiner!
