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“The executive editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, poked fun Sunday at The Washington Post's new slogan.

“‘I love our competition with the Washington Post. I think it’s great. But I think their slogan — Marty Baron please forgive me for saying this — sounds like the next Batman movie,’ he said Sunday.

“The Washington Post, helmed by Marty Baron, earlier this year introduced a new slogan: ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness.’”

—Rebecca Savransky, reporter, “NYT leader: Washington Post slogan ‘sounds like the next Batman movie,’” The Hill, March 12, 2017

• Editorial Comment: Another Batman? Now that’s a Gotham scoop.

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