{"id":277,"date":"2009-08-28T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/08\/overheard-in-the-newsroom.html"},"modified":"2009-08-28T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T09:38:00","slug":"overheard-in-the-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/08\/overheard-in-the-newsroom.html","title":{"rendered":"“Overheard in the newsroom”"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>That’s the name of a popular website<\/a> that has now become my favorite loitering place on the ‘net. <\/p>\n

And for good reason. Some of this stuff is so insanely hilarious, you just know<\/span> it has to be true. Believe me, I know. <\/p>\n

My own personal example: I recall vividly the words of a certain well-paid female anchor who was reading over the copy for that night’s show, and stumbled on a phrase that was evidently new to her. <\/p>\n

“Hey,” she called out, “What’s an ‘outlet store’?” She was serious. She thought it might be place where they sell electrical outlets. <\/p>\n

You can’t make this stuff up. <\/p>\n

Or stuff like this, from the website<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would I be ready for kids? I\u2019m not ready for kids. I\u2019m not even ready for cable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or this: <\/p>\n

Fashion reporter about her loud computer:<\/span> \u201cIf it\u2019s gonna make this much noise, it oughta come out with a latte.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or this: <\/p>\n

Editor in chief:<\/span> \u201cWait, what estate are we again? The fourth or the fifth?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pay a visit and have a laugh. The media is<\/span><\/u> good for something after all.<\/p>\n

On a related note: I also stumbled across this pretty neat website: “AngryJournalist.com.”<\/a> Love the t-shirts. (Especially the David Simon<\/a> one. I knew David in college, at our school paper<\/a>, where he was an underweight, unshaven, nicotine-fueled feature writer in a discolored tee shirt who stayed up all night writing record reviews. I guess that worked out for him.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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