Brian Root
@imroot.bsky.social
Reporting team leader for @virginianpilot.bsky.social
I’m probably very tired right now.
I’m probably very tired right now.
This story was funny until I got to this sentence, then it became hilarious …
Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
sorry what newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van...
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This story was funny until I got to this sentence, then it became hilarious …
Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
The kind of story/headline you write when the top priority is not making someone mad.
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The kind of story/headline you write when the top priority is not making someone mad.
I guess I’m getting old and grumpy but all the major news org stories about Portland seem just … insane. I mean, that city has writers and photographers in it. Hire a couple of them for a week and actually document what is happening there. This is not difficult.
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I guess I’m getting old and grumpy but all the major news org stories about Portland seem just … insane. I mean, that city has writers and photographers in it. Hire a couple of them for a week and actually document what is happening there. This is not difficult.
Also he doesn’t use the Oxford comma, which immediately makes me like him.
I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also he doesn’t use the Oxford comma, which immediately makes me like him.
Before budget meetings @pilotonline.com, we get a rundown of latest google trends. One of today’s is “Nationals and Marlins” and I refuse to believe that game is trending.
June 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Before budget meetings @pilotonline.com, we get a rundown of latest google trends. One of today’s is “Nationals and Marlins” and I refuse to believe that game is trending.
For no particular reason, just wanted to mention that one of the aircraft carriers currently under construction is to be named the USS Doris Miller.
June 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For no particular reason, just wanted to mention that one of the aircraft carriers currently under construction is to be named the USS Doris Miller.
Shoot to thrill
play to kill
Too many women
with too many pills
play to kill
Too many women
with too many pills
May 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Shoot to thrill
play to kill
Too many women
with too many pills
play to kill
Too many women
with too many pills
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A colt named Journalism is the betting favorite in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. If metaphor carries the day, that poor horse is gonna break down and get boltgunned right to hell in front of millions.
April 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A colt named Journalism is the betting favorite in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. If metaphor carries the day, that poor horse is gonna break down and get boltgunned right to hell in front of millions.
Sooooo, has an (just guessing here) anti-ship missile ever come that close to an American carrier before?
April 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sooooo, has an (just guessing here) anti-ship missile ever come that close to an American carrier before?
This story is fabulous
Meet the famous Alaskan husky—and Iditarod finisher—who got miffed at a musher and chomped her truck’s brake lines. (Allegedly. Because a lot of people think this pup is innocent.)
Blowhole the Sled Dog Became a Social Media Star—But Was He a Criminal First?
Meet Blowhole, an Alaskan husky—and Iditarod finisher—who got miffed at a musher and chomped her brake lines. (Allegedly. Because a lot of people think this Internet-famous pup is innocent.)
www.outsideonline.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This story is fabulous
There's a scene with Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe and their characters hate each other and it absolutely rules
Gene Hackman dying seems a good time to tell you that Sam Raimi made a western called The Quick and the Dead, absolutely every cool actor is in it, Hackman destroys in every scene as the Big Bad, and for weird reasons 1995 America decided it was bad and erased it from memory
February 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There's a scene with Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe and their characters hate each other and it absolutely rules
But can they subscribe to any site that -uses- content from The Association Press? Because that's everybody. ESPN, Variety, Fox News - you name it.
The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.
February 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
But can they subscribe to any site that -uses- content from The Association Press? Because that's everybody. ESPN, Variety, Fox News - you name it.
If this is how the humans write, maybe they should let AI do all their push notifications.
January 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If this is how the humans write, maybe they should let AI do all their push notifications.
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they’re on the hunt, they’re after you
January 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
they’re on the hunt, they’re after you
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veteran journalists encouraging aspiring journalists to enter the field
December 29, 2024 at 1:26 AM
veteran journalists encouraging aspiring journalists to enter the field
“On Saturday, Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray told editors that the paper should not cover itself.”
lol. Really looking forward to not reading anything from the Post about their next Pulitzer.
lol. Really looking forward to not reading anything from the Post about their next Pulitzer.
Thrilled that Gold - an editor beloved by reporters - has found a newsroom that values her expertise and managerial skill. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure
Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed a story about the departure of a veteran and popular editor for a senior position at the New York Times.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 AM
“On Saturday, Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray told editors that the paper should not cover itself.”
lol. Really looking forward to not reading anything from the Post about their next Pulitzer.
lol. Really looking forward to not reading anything from the Post about their next Pulitzer.
@radleybalko.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
You might find this one interesting ...
www.pilotonline.com/2024/12/05/r...
You might find this one interesting ...
www.pilotonline.com/2024/12/05/r...
Rare 3rd sentencing hearing ordered in federal drug case over possibility judge acted out of spite
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said it’s a violation of due process for judges to hand down tougher sentences “to punish a defendant for successfully exercising his appellate rig…
www.pilotonline.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:02 AM
@radleybalko.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
You might find this one interesting ...
www.pilotonline.com/2024/12/05/r...
You might find this one interesting ...
www.pilotonline.com/2024/12/05/r...
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 AM
