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    Mar 2, 2007, 09:49 AM
    Newspaper Demographics
    Subject: Newspaper Demographics



    NEWSPAPER READERS

    1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

    2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

    3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

    4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.

    5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country - if they could find the time, and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.

    6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.

    7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.

    8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.

    9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.

    10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country, or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions: if the leaders are handicapped, minority, feminist, gay, atheist, dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided, of course, that they are not conservatives.

    11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.

    12. And, finally, the country IS run by someone who doesn't read a newspaper at all.
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    Mar 2, 2007, 06:47 PM
    Way Cool! I love it. And my town newspaper is read by people that think they still have a country!
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    Mar 2, 2007, 06:55 PM
    My hometown newspaper is more concerned about illegal cohabitation right now. Shame on the 23,00 residents in North Dakota living in sin. Tsk Tsk.
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    Mar 2, 2007, 07:14 PM
    Don't they know it's cold there?
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    Mar 3, 2007, 06:02 AM
    My hometown paper is read by people who don't know there is anything going on outside of their own general vicinity.:(
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    Mar 3, 2007, 06:05 AM
    One could start a newspaper about what the others don't report on!
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    Mar 3, 2007, 06:12 AM
    Well, mr. yet, if I did that, I would quickly find myself in a position where I would desperately need your advice. And then you will say to me, "What, are you nuts? Why on earth did you start a newspaper? Of course it is a recipe for immediate bankruptcy. What do you know? Pitbull knowledge isn't a basis to start a newspaper! Ruby, you are a complete idiot with the brains of a dog! :D
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    Mar 3, 2007, 06:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by RubyPitbull
    Well, mr. yet, if I did that, I would quickly find myself in a position where I would desperately need your advice. And then you will say to me, "What, are you nuts? Why on earth did you start a newspaper? Of course it is a recipe for immediate bankruptcy. What do you know? Pitbull knowlege isn't a basis to start a newspaper! Ruby, you are a complete idiot with the brains of a dog! :D

    This was not a suggestion that you start one, it was about the old saying quote " One could fill volumes on what the don't report on or say"
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    Mar 3, 2007, 06:35 AM
    Sorry I misunderstood. Never heard that quote before. I am not too smart.:(

    But, now I understand what you are saying. I think that is the biggest problem that we have right now. Selective reporting.

    I was flipping through the channels last night and saw a program that was solely dedicated to Anna Nicole Smith's funeral! Okay, it is always sad to hear about someone dying but I can't wrap my head around the fact that everything else in the world is being ignored to report her funeral! We have been barraged with 3 weeks of news about her death and there seems no end in sight! It just blows my mind!
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    Mar 10, 2007, 08:27 AM
    They publish my hometown paper for people with parakeets, and new puppies.
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    Mar 10, 2007, 09:00 AM
    I think newspapers reflect what many Americans are interested in... since they are required to make money in order to stay in business. I don't watch TV and I don't subscribe to any paid publications as an effort to stop the madness. The news is really the same story over and over, repackaged a half dozen different ways. Elvis sold, Princess Di sold, so Anna sells. When a majority of the people become interested in solutions instead of gossip, then maybe what information is forefront will change.

    My hometown paper is published by a man who wears shiney suits, no socks and thinks this makes him just so cool that he's allowed to treat people with amazing distain. I wouldn't even buy it for a parakeet! LOL
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