A Questionable Headline

The WaPo’s Darryl Fears posted this notice to the Washington Post’s internal message system Friday:

The Web site headline, “Stories to Slay Saint Obama,” attached to Krauthammer’s op-ed piece today on the 40th anniversary of the King assassination, should be strongly reconsidered.

The print edition had “The Fabulist Vs. the Saint” as a headline. The “Slay” headline also caused some buzz in the blogosphere.

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