So, how is your favourite publication doing?
The mid-month figures are in for May’s Month Without Metaphor and, if we do say so ourselves, The Mammalian Daily is not doing badly at all. But, we wouldn’t want to blow our own horn brag.
The number of infractions thus far total 1,427, with the Dingo Boomerang leading the pack taking in first place in terms of transgressions, with 88 metaphors published over the past two weeks.
While The Marsupial Messenger published the fewest metaphors overall, in an ironic twist, The Eagle Star was caught using one while reporting on a mistake in The Messenger’s May 12 issue: The Star ran a headline that read “Did The Marsupial Messenger fail its readers? The jury is still out on that one.”
Here are the mid-month results:
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Publication, Number of Infractions,
The Dingo Boomerang, 88
The Mollusk Messenger, 83
The Salamander Evening Post, 81
The Burro Beacon, 78
The Noodlefish News, 77
The Canary Courier, 76
The Halibut Herald, 74
The Equine Echo, 70
The Eagle Star, 69
The Robin Reporter, 67
The Galliforme Gazette, 66
The Kaluga Register, 65
The Cosmopolitan Pest, 62
The Bluebird Free Press, 60
The Polar Bear Post, 57
The Avian Messenger, 55
PRANCE Magazine, 52
The Blackbird Informer, 51
The Ornis Interpreter, 47
The Mammalian Daily, 44
The Raccoon Reporter, 38
The Simian Spectator, 35
The Marsupial Messenger, 32
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