Great Moments in Journalism: Laugh Lines
Great Moments in Journalism are provided by readers, who really need to get on the stick and start submitting more nominations to this address.
The polls have closed, and your winner is USA Today's Elizabeth Weise, whose food safety issues lede is so nice we'll repeat it again for you: "The first rule of public health is one most of us learn in kindergarten: Don't eat poop." Elizabeth wins a bag of triple-washed spinach.
Today's moment comes from the Arizona Republic. It's rare that we reprint an entire story here, but sometimes it needs to be done. After the jump, another steaming pile of journalism.
A man disrupted a comedian at the Tempe Improv this weekend, interrupting the act by throwing a metal bar at several patrons and breaking a sign before fleeing, police said.
Daniel Lepke, 30, was arrested Saturday at 11:30 p.m. after his violent outburst, which included the breaking of an Improv sign, authorities said. Police arrested Lepke on suspicion of criminal damage, assault and disorderly conduct.
It wasn't clear whether the incident affected the performer's comedic timing.
Um, it seems kinda clear to us.