# Bay Area Dopers, Re: WTC Disaster **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185 "2001-09-12T22:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/1 "2001-09-12T22:41:37Z")
Can you confirm: did the front page of the SF Examiner this morning consist of the word “BASTARDS!” in huge type over a picture of the burning WTC towers? ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/2 "2001-09-12T22:45:18Z")
It did indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/3 "2001-09-12T22:48:13Z")
And this is a “newspaper?” Why didn’t they just print “LOSERS!” over a picture of a guy making the “L” sign on his forehead? ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/4 "2001-09-12T22:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > **And this is a "newspaper?"** That’s actually been the subject of debate for many years, Torgo. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/5 "2001-09-12T22:50:14Z")
You can see the front page [here](http://www.examiner.com/). Takes a few minutes to download. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/6 "2001-09-12T23:03:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ruadh \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > > **And this is a "newspaper?"** > > That’s actually been the subject of debate for many years, Torgo. \*\* I guess I was under the impression that the Examiner was a more subtle outfit, like the NY Times and not so much like the NY Post. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/7 "2001-09-12T23:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ruadh \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > > > **And this is a "newspaper?"** > > > > That’s actually been the subject of debate for many years, Torgo. \*\* > > I guess I was under the impression that the Examiner was a more subtle outfit, like the NY Times and not so much like the NY Post. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… \*\* Up until a year or so ago it was a sister-paper with the Chronicle and was a legitimate newspaper. Since then it has been bought by a small-time guy whose only experience was producing a little neighborhood rag. (I may not have that right, I no longer live in the city proper and have only heard this second hand.) You’ll note their other hard-hitting journalism includes “Market Street is grosser than gross.” and “37 cents to mail a letter, really?” I showed the link to my husband and he said “Well, at least they spelled it right.” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/8 "2001-09-13T15:35:22Z")
Seems fitting to me, after all, Websters says: " an offensive or disagreeable person (s)" ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/9 "2001-09-13T16:27:44Z")
This might be apocryphal, but heard that one day, shortly after it was put under new ownership, “Examiner” was misspelled in the paper’s masthead. As stated before, the Examiner was previously a legitimate newspaper, but after the Hearst corporation bought the SF Chronicle it “sold” the Examiner to a local owner, in a very shady detail brokered by SF Mayor Willie Brown. I don’t believe anyone in the Bay Area takes the Examiner seriously anymore, nor is it easily available outside the City anymore. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-re-wtc-disaster/81185/10 "2001-09-13T21:40:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fiddlesticks \* > \*\*This might be apocryphal, but heard that one day, shortly after it was put under new ownership, “Examiner” was misspelled in the paper’s masthead. > > \*\* I believe it was the word “Wednesday” that was misspelled on their first issue’s masthead.