WaPo Sports Columnist Mike Wise Turns Into Literal Wiseguy

How does a journalist up his Twitter fan club following these days?

One option is to dot your copy with the word p—y, as expertly done by WaPo humor columnist Gene Weingarten. (He was mimicking author Buzz Bissinger, who has an affinity for dirty tweets and often dropping the f-bomb.) Another is to outright fabricate stories, which is how WaPo sports columnist Mike Wise tried to tackle Twitter.

The sports site, SBNation.com’s Mike Prada has the details

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