BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 05:33 PM

lol Is that right! I missed that!

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: John Hardly
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 05:05 PM

•In 1993, it featured a front-page photo, shot from a low-flying plane, of the Lake Erie Monster – a 200-ton, "dinosaur-like" leviathan – slicing a 38-foot sailboat in half.

•Five years ago, it revealed that Cleveland was being invaded by superaggressive Brazilian cockroaches "as big as kittens," which were eating bread by the loaf and were suspected of devouring 168 local dogs and cats.

•It disclosed that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was a spirit-channeling pyramid through which a psychic was picking up new songs being co-written by George Harrison, Roy Orbison and John Lennon.

And only WWN reported that an Amish horse-and-buggy team had qualified for the Kentucky Derby.

I loved this paragraph in the story...

"The paper then billed itself as "The World's Only Reliable Newspaper" and a "journal of information and opinion." In 2004, however, it began noting that "the reader should suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoyment."

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: John Hardly
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 05:03 PM

"Endlessly entertaining."

And all TRUE!

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 04:48 PM

Weekly World News, Q, is one of those tabloids that popped up after the National Enquirer became popular in certain quarters.

"Baby Born with a Wooden Leg", "Chicken Hatched with a Human Face", "Life After Death - Guaranteed! are among typical headlines one sees from the checkstands. Endlessly entertaining.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 03:54 PM

Never heard of it. Where published? Sounds like CNN.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: John Hardly
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 11:08 AM

Naw. I was seeing humor in the closing of the doors of The Weekly World News.

Wondering, hmmm.......where will everyone get their dose of "News" of alien invasions, celebrity divorces, alien divorces, celebrity invasions.

Such a dreadful News vacuum, I fear.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 09:20 AM

however....by editing the above line to

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/, I was able to access the home page.

They seem to have restricted full FREE access to print suscribers, all others would have to pay $7 month. Sad, but maybe they had bandwidth problems.

In any case, it ain't exactly 'censorship'.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 09:12 AM

maybe that's the point.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: artbrooks
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 09:08 AM

That link needs a password, John.

Subject: RE: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: greg stephens
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 07:43 AM

???

Subject: BS: Horrible Censorship Strikes
From: John Hardly
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 07:41 AM

Upon closing their doors, spokesmen have said...

"Not to worry. There'll always be the internet."