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2007-06-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Mike 2007-06-05 06:53|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 10) Write what your editor wants you to write, or you won't get published, you won't get paid, and you will told in more explicit terms to write what your editor wants you to write.

11) Write by the foot, get published by the inch. And not the inch your wrote, but your byline is on it anyway.

12) If they give you free liquor, they have something important to say. The same with press releases that need minimal work on your part.

13) It's the job of the paper's sob sister to offend little old ladies, not yours. Don't step on his turf unless you want your toes chopped off.

14) Keep a dozen backup stories that can be brushed up and will pass your editor in five minutes, in case everything goes wrong.

15) Ethics just gets in the way.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-05 11:07|| 2007-06-05 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "If it bleeds, it leads". When you have a good story, but no blood, use the time honored tactic of "Bystanders/Witnesses said" to make it bleed enough to lead, corrections are never read unless the corrected news is worse than first reported.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-06-05 20:01|| 2007-06-05 20:01|| Front Page Top

#3 10) Don't be afraid to use your marginal whit and talent to influence the illiterate masses with bald faced lies in a shameless attempt to further your seditious, left leaning, maligned philosophy.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-06-05 22:31|| 2007-06-05 22:31|| Front Page Top

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