Posted on 03/24/2006 12:18:02 PM PST by mukraker
Have you ever noticed how all the network reporters tend to use the same words and phrases when covering a story?
We finally have the code they are using to coordinate these phrases, revealed here in public for the first time.
For 2006 use the New York Times. Daily codewords can be determined as follows:
Always use a left side (even numbered) page. In odd numbered months, use the back of the page in question.
Turn to the page number, or back of page number, corresponding to the month number for the day in question:
Month |
Month # |
Turn to Page # |
JAN |
1 |
Back of page 1 (page 2) |
FEB |
2 |
2 |
MAR |
3 |
Back of page 3 (page 4) |
APR |
4 |
4 |
MAY |
5 |
Back of page 5 (page 6) |
JUN |
6 |
6 |
JUL |
7 |
Back of page 7 (page 8) |
AUG |
8 |
8 |
SEP |
9 |
Back of page 9 (page 10) |
OCT |
10 |
10 |
MOV |
11 |
Back of page 11 (page 12) |
DEC |
12 |
12 |
On that page, look at the first story in the column farthest to the left side, closest to the top of the page. In that story, the keyword will be the word number corresponding to the day number of the day in question. (If the target word happens to be a simple word, such as a, the, and, etc., use the next descriptor word in the story.)
Day of the Month |
Use Word # |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
26 |
26 |
27 |
27 |
28 |
28 |
29 |
29 |
30 |
30 |
31 |
31 |
oh God No! If anyone thinks that, I sincerely and deeply apologize. Why buy the paper, when all you have to do is listen to the reporters and the code word for the day will become clear soon enough.
I was just joking!
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