The Washington Post newsroom is reportedly infested with cockroaches

If you were to say that the Washington Post newsroom is full of cockroaches, we’d give you Zero Pinocchios!

The Washington Post newsroom has a roach problem. https://t.co/ODYfT2f56w

— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) August 28, 2019

According to The Washingtonian, it’s just the newsroom that’s infested:

It’s specifically a newsroom problem and "not happening on other floors,” a memo from mid-August says.

— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) August 28, 2019

And according to the article, reporter Taylor Telford is pretty good at killing the vermin:

a reply to this email, which went also went out to the whole newsroom, cited the roach-killing prowess of @taylormtelford, including a photo of her capturing one and then a video of her flushing it. It would make a great TikTok, hint hint

— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) August 28, 2019

Democracy dies in darkness, but that’s where the cockroaches thrive.

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