Dawn for a Day
Chez Joel has started a headline writing contest in honor of the irrepressible Dawn Eden and her recent flap with The New York Post and Women's Wear Daily. To make a long story shorter, The Post fired Dawn, a copy editor and headline writer, allegedly for "blogging on the job." Well, that was the official reason they gave, although they had permitted her to do so and permitted other employees to do so. The Observer's George Gurley picked up the story and wrote a glowing report about Dawn. How could he help it? She glows.

Mystified, The Post put a little snark on its Page Six, blasting Gurley for admiring Dawn, who they seem to consider an absolute loon for opposing abortion. (Actually, a rabid loon.) And, to make it all the more incredible, they ran the article twice...both times with a really bad headline. Chez Joel has stepped in to find a more suitable headline, and the entries so far are wonderful. I'm not sure how Dawn will choose. My favorite so far makes reference to Gurley's unusual remark about Dawn's "plump rump" (I don't know what that was all about). The headline reads: Post Roasts Gurley's Plump Rump.