A story they couldn't resist

What happens when you put together a story on the Washington Redskins with a story on Twitter?

You get a front page article in the Washington Post!

The story: Redskins first-year reserve linebacker Robert Henson (who hasn't even been on the field yet) wrote some rather unsavory things about the fans after Sunday night's game. The Redskins had won the game -- barely -- in pathetic fashion, and their hometown fans even booed the team's lackluster performance.

It's a fun little controversy, but it doesn't belong on A1.

And it's really a shame, because the Post had other important reporting inside today: more of Carol Leonnig's investigate reporting on Rep Murtha's scandals, Colum Lynch's look at the Obama Administration's unimpressive role so far at the UN on human rights, Juliet Eilperin and Lynch's preview of global warming talks at the UN, and Glenn Kessler and Thomas Edbrink's preview of upcoming talks on Iran's nuclear program. (The Post ran only a wire story today on Zelaya's return to Honduras).

Here's the backstory on the Post, the Redskins and Twitter:

The Post runs articles and/or photos on the Redskins on A1 on most Mondays during the season, and occassionaly puts stories on front in the off-season, too. Lots of readers, the ombudsman recently noted, think it's just too much. Me too.

As for the Twitter side of the matter, this is now the Post's third Twitter-focused article on A1 (in eight weeks!) --
Aug 2009, Aug 2009, Sept 2009.