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September 13, 2007

Where do they get this stuff?

"Further evidence the Onion is hiring ex-reporters," writes Mason Stockstill, a former colleague at the Daily Bulletin of this piece from the Onion:

Town Hall Meeting Gives Townspeople Chance To Say Stupid Things In Public
September 8, 2007

NEW BEDFORD, MA—In a true display of democracy, a town hall meeting held at the New Bedford High School auditorium Monday gave the crowd of approximately 550 residents the opportunity to publicly voice every last one of the inane thoughts and concerns they would normally only have the chance to utter to themselves.


Weekly sniping

It's just shy of 1:30 p.m. and not a Pasadena Weekly to be seen on this end of the Boulevard.

I checked their web site to see if it had been sold yet again, perhaps to the Mt. Wilson Observer, but discovered what appeared to be a new issue online.
hunter.jpgThis week's cover image, a commercial graphic of Teh Hunter, piqued my curiosity ... only to find it pimps a feature that has absolutely nothing to do with Thompson, but instead exalts ... museum gift shops.

Wow. Way to blow the lid off that one, guys.

UPDATE: Just struck up a conversation with a route carrier for another weekly publication. He had been interested in picking up another route and delivering the PW, but related (now third-hand) horror stories and wasn't surprised they weren't out on the street today.

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Crime Scene
Tribune crime guy Frank Girardot wants to know where the bodies are and what they're stuffed into.
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Edward Barrera and Kate Kealey, las editors libres, reflect on the news in general with a dash of newsroom insidering.
Leftovers from City Hall
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Fred Robledo Talks Prep Sports
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