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To: abb

We calls ‘em the way we sees ‘em, and if we don’t see ‘em, we make ‘em up.

-MSM


9 posted on 08/31/2007 9:26:45 AM PDT by Obadiah (Nothing says, "Get off my lawn" like the inscription of a claymore - THIS SIDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY.)
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To: Obadiah

News is what your editor says it is unless the publisher says it isn’t.


10 posted on 08/31/2007 9:27:55 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Obadiah
and if we don’t see ‘em, we make ‘em up

I just read McCollough's book about the Johnstown flood. Even back in the 1800's, reporters were making up stories and sending them back to their home papers. Why was I surprised.

13 posted on 08/31/2007 9:41:51 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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