diff --git a/recipes/nymag.recipe b/recipes/nymag.recipe
index d9b9b73008..2bc8166ddb 100644
--- a/recipes/nymag.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nymag.recipe
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ class NewYorkMagazine(BasicNewsRecipe):
             self.log(section)
             ul = div.findNextSibling('ul')
             for li in ul.findAll('li'):
-                a = li.find(**classes('article-link'))
+                a = li.find(href=True, **classes('article-link'))
+                if a is None:
+                    continue
                 url = a['href']
                 h3 = li.find('h3')
                 title = self.tag_to_string(h3)
diff --git a/recipes/wash_post.recipe b/recipes/wash_post.recipe
index 999e916dae..e2ac4be2c4 100644
--- a/recipes/wash_post.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wash_post.recipe
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TheWashingtonPost(BasicNewsRecipe):
         classes('byline article-body'),
     ]
     remove_tags = [
-        dict(name=['meta', 'link']),
+        dict(name=['meta', 'link', 'svg']),
         classes('inline-video author-tooltip author-image powa-wrapper'),
         dict(attrs={'data-qa': ['article-body-ad', 'subscribe-promo', 'interstitial-link-wrapper']}),
     ]