If you’re one of my Boston readers, you may have heard the Boston Herald’s report that more sexual assaults occur on the Red Line than any other branch of the MBTA. (As someone who rides the Red Line approximately 200 minutes each week, I was somewhat bemused.)
The best thing, reader Adam pointed out to me, is the lead of the story. Check it out:
Now, when (Adam and) I picture this, what comes to mind is a creepy man flinging himself onto a train and having his way with it vigorously.
I bet the train doesn’t call him the next day.
Thanks, Adam.
The Grammar Vandal 
That’s one of those things I’ll laugh at and my husband doesn’t get it. You have to love the flashy, tabloid of Boston! They always go for the gross visual!
You were “somewhat bemused” – not HORRIFIED?!
Don’t you mean “lede”?
No way. “Lede” is the dumbest word alive. It should be dead.
We, the news community, do not need such redundancy. We already have “lead.” It works fine, and represents exactly what you think it does: the beginning of the story!
Why is “lede” used, anyway?
You’ve got me – I thought “lede” was the term used by you professional news people. I only learned about the word recently over on Language Log.
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Subway-stalking Perverts is a great name for a band!