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Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts) Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:03 PM Apr 2017

What time is the customary time for Friday News Dump?

I've been reading DU all morning and afternoon and haven't spotted the Big One.

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What time is the customary time for Friday News Dump? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 OP

good question Sanity Claws Apr 2017 #1

Another hour to go Warpy Apr 2017 #2

This one is pretty good: (from Twitter) femmocrat Apr 2017 #3

Speculation about the story? QED Apr 2017 #4

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)

1. good question

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:06 PM

Apr 2017

maybe 4:55 Eastern time.

Warpy

(111,266 posts)

2. Another hour to go

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:08 PM

Apr 2017

By 5 PM EDT, it's generally too late to get onto the evening news, so it's safe to dump. While there might be a "breaking" crawl on the screen, the news dumper can be secure in the knowledge that few of the audience will read it.