This Reporter Pooped Instead of Scooped

A golden headline and lede opportunity.

Who has done the best job so far of framing the tale of Jonathan Lowe (pictured), a Phoenix TV reporter arrested earlier this week for defecating on a residential lawn? Glad you asked.

It’s early in this rewrite-news cycle. But at first glance, New York Daily News online reporter Christopher Brennan today has a candidate for best lede:

Getting the story is always priority No. 1, but a Phoenix TV reporter seems to have forgotten about No.

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