Man buys a newspaper at the same newstand every day, glances at front page, throws it straight out.
An old joke
Day after day after day.
Eventually, the news seller asks, “Why do you do that?”
The man answers, “I’m just checking for an obituary.”
“But obituaries aren’t on the front page.”
‘When the sonofabitch I’m looking for dies, it will be.”
A Ridgway, Colo. man, Paul Choate, 41, has been cited on suspicion of petty theft after admitting to stealing 200 copies of this week‘s Ouray County Plaindealer on Thursday morning. He later returned the papers with an apology.
Choate’s motive, according to investigators and his own admission, was the front-page story detailing an alleged sexual assault at the Ouray police chief’s home. Copies were taken from 12 racks across Ridgway and Ouray.
Police used video surveillance and other leads to identify Choate, who owns Kate’s Place restaurant in Ridgway. While the stolen copies were eventually returned, the Plaindealer had already reprinted 250 copies due to the incident.
— Full disclosure, Bard rewrote the Plaindealer story because I’m too lazy to do so. If you want to read the real story, head over to the Plaindealer or the Associated Press.
Generally, respected members of Congress and other political offices are forever know by their office titles until the day they die and for some time afterwards.
I wonder if the Associated Press has issued a ruling on what to call George Santos? Here’s my take on what newspaper style is:
Congressman: The aforementioned title given to respected politicians no longer in office.
Former Congressman: Technically correct.
Ex-Congressman: Also, technically correct, but, let’s face it, some share is being thrown here.
Indicted Congressman: It‘s happened before.. Includes, Twice indicted, thrice indicted., etc.,
Disgraced Congressman: This is a throwback to the days were politicians could be shamed. I don‘t think that possible:
I think we‘ll soon see Jailed ex-Congressman in Santos‘ case.
Copy editors will never, ever pass up the obvious pun. I wish I was still on the desk — would have had to arm wrestle the rest of the desk to write this one and put it in with my clips.
This is from 2014 when the Gawker was still around. Still funny
Breaking ground for US Newspapers: Mugshot of a former POTUS! Surprisingly, the mugshot was released too late to meet their deadlines (I guess)…. We’ll have to see how they run the second-day story on Saturday.
Kudos to the Times-Dispatch for working in JAIL in the hedline.
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A local newspaper has pulled an obituary praising a deceased Utah man for his “life of service” and dedication to his family, all the while ignoring the way that he died—a murder-suicide that took the life of his wife, five children, and mother-in-law. The obituary described his children as “truly a cherished miracle” despite of the fact that he killed them.
Gizmodo
Good grief! I can guess that in the last couple of years this newspaper has either a). cut the copy desk down to close to nothing, or b). outsourced the entire copy desk to some out-of-town, possibly out-of-state location
The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
U.S. Flag Code §8. Respect for flag
Take a minute and look at the victims of the Boulder shooting. At first, it looks like a good package. I glanced at it and said, Good job getting the pictures of the victims out there…
But take a second look at the copy block:
It took me a minute to realize that those are intended to identify their names by the mugshots location. That’s crazy! I think that this may have worked better as an on-line interactive than as a print design feature. And certainly not for this delicate subject.
What every happened to (l-r, top to bottom) or, for example ss that really so much better than this?
Front Pages, as always, are copyrighted by their individual Newspapers. The Freedom Forum is now hosting Front Pages every day.
Jon Hamm will play an FBI agent and Olivia Wilde will play real-life Atlanta-Journal Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs, who died in 2001.
In her heyday, Scruggs was a hard-drinking, tough-talking police reporter who wasn’t afraid of anything.
Doug Monroe
REQUIEM FOR A REPORTER
Atlanta Magazine, July, 2003
I was working in the AJC newsroom during the events and can testify that Scruggs was a force of nature. I don’t think I ever heard her speak without dropping multiple expletives.
Read Doug Monroe’s article in the Atlanta Magazine for a glimpse of her personality.
With Clint Eastwood at the helm of this picture, I can’t image that Scruggs or the AJC is going to come out looking very good. It will, however, be interesting how the AJC newsroom will be recreated.
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