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Why does this site edit head lines when it says it does not.
http://www.freerepublic.com/ ^ | 12/05/2003 | ME

Posted on 12/05/2003 6:22:27 AM PST by kerouacbal

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To: kerouacbal
I have also found that individual newspapers edit head lines of articles they get from A.P., Reuters etc. It may be the same article with a completely different head line.
81 posted on 12/18/2003 7:02:09 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: mrustow
See post #81 - It happens.
82 posted on 12/18/2003 7:05:55 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Rennes Templar
RT - thanks for noticing! Seems like all too frequently I find a thread and post (what I believe is) a mildly humorous comment, and then the thread screeches to a halt. It's like that feeling you get (maybe it's just me) when you are in a big group conversation, and you have the "perfect" comment, but you can't get a word in edgewise until much later when you know the comment is far too stale to be funny anymore.

Anyway, if you like that one, you might also enjoy (now I feel like Amazon.com) this seasonally adjusted imponderable:

If you gave someone the gift of wrapping paper, would you have to wrap it?

If you did, how would they know when to stop unwrapping?
83 posted on 12/18/2003 9:16:20 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket ("Howard Dean is evidence that the Lord supports George W. Bush". - Dick Morris)
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To: kerouacbal
Yes, it happened to me. I was kinda torqued off until I found out it was the new policy intended to prevent duplicates.

Post an article, post the real headline. That's the rule - cope.
84 posted on 12/18/2003 9:18:36 AM PST by ctdonath2
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To: Hegemony Cricket
Good One. How about this one:
If life were truly logical, it's men that would ride horses side-saddle.
85 posted on 12/18/2003 5:54:29 PM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: Rennes Templar
Ouch! That's wickedly funny! :-0
86 posted on 12/19/2003 5:54:27 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket ("Howard Dean is evidence that the Lord supports George W. Bush". - Dick Morris)
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To: Rennes Templar
And highways would be called driveways.
87 posted on 12/19/2003 10:18:53 PM PST by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: Hegemony Cricket
Another deep imponderable:
Why does it take one careless match to burn down an entire forest, and yet it takes an whole box to start a campfire?

Or: Why is it terrorists can move around the country undetected for years on expired visas, but if you're two days late with a video Blockbuster people find you anywhere?
88 posted on 12/19/2003 11:14:04 PM PST by Rennes Templar
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If they had any confidence in their opinions, they'd post the original headline and then use comment.

89 posted on 12/19/2003 11:34:40 PM PST by Fledermaus (Fascists, Totalitarians, Baathists, Communists, Socialists, Democrats - what's the difference?)
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