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RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:02 PM Apr 2013

Watching this media circle jerk, I wish "The Weekly World News" was still around.

I bought that rag every week in college...my roommates would pass it around after many beers and bong hits.

I'm not trying to make light of the tragedy, but this news coverage is insane.

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Watching this media circle jerk, I wish "The Weekly World News" was still around. (Original Post) RiffRandell Apr 2013 OP
It would probably be the most reliable source out there these days. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #1
I think this guy went on to work at FOX deutsey Apr 2013 #2
Bill O'Reilly! Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #3
Shhhh...he lives in my shed. RiffRandell Apr 2013 #10
It is! gateley Apr 2013 #4
Cool! RiffRandell Apr 2013 #5
I was posting about it this morning and Googled to see when it gateley Apr 2013 #7
I do miss Ed Anger! RiffRandell Apr 2013 #8
Then there was the worst of the tabloids, Midnight. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #6
Never heard of that one...I was born in 1970. RiffRandell Apr 2013 #9
I did the same thing. LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #11
Yeah man, I really hope the bomber was Bat Boy! just1voice Apr 2013 #12

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
10. Shhhh...he lives in my shed.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:46 PM
Apr 2013

He's actually nicer than my kids, and made friends with the bats in my bat house...which we really do have. Last night I counted 37.

gateley

(62,683 posts)
7. I was posting about it this morning and Googled to see when it
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:29 PM
Apr 2013

stopped publishing -- was so surprised to see its alive and well online!

Happy to hear all that talent didn't go to waste.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
8. I do miss Ed Anger!
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:43 PM
Apr 2013

I can't tell you how many laughs we had reading that thing....sometimes we would call the psychics in the back. Juvenile, but funny.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
6. Then there was the worst of the tabloids, Midnight.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:24 PM
Apr 2013

It was around when I was a kid in the sixties, at the 7-11 store.
I remember being scarred for life when I saw a picture of a dead rat and the headline: DEAD MOUSE FOUND IN COKE.

Some examples:

http://www.pulpinternational.com/pulp/keyword/Midnight.html

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
11. I did the same thing.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 05:29 PM
Apr 2013

We used to decorate our doors in the dorms. Every week I would cut out stories from the WWN and tape them to my door. We all got a big kick out of it. If I had the money, I'd start a national weekly, but I wouldn't make up the stories. There's no need to these days.

 

just1voice

(1,362 posts)
12. Yeah man, I really hope the bomber was Bat Boy!
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 05:32 PM
Apr 2013

Just poking fun at David Sirota's illogic wherein he hopes it's a white guy who did the bombing.

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