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Note for Journalists -- EVERY WORD IS TRUE!
December 2, 1998
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Today's list is dedicated to The New York Times, who "borrowed" our
Chinese Translations of English Movie Titles
list to use in a recent article, and neglected to mention that
the items were humorous fabrications and not actual movie titles.
The Top 13 Signs Your Newspaper Isn't Telling the Truth
- The picture identified as "Ken Starr testifying" looks an awful lot like "Charlie Brown pitching."
- Constant use of the word "allegedly" in the weather report.
- Motto: "Close Enough!"
- "Cathy" runs in a section called the "Funny Pages."
- Rex Reed claims new foreign film sensation "I'm Drunk and You're a Prostitute" doesn't do justice to the book, which just happens to be number 3 on the Bestseller List this week.
- Daily pro wrestling results in the sports section.
- For second straight year, Linda Tripp chosen as "Sexiest Woman Alive."
- "The Waterboy - Two Thumbs Up!"
- Their exclusive picture of "Bigfoot" is merely a DJ from Toledo in an ape suit.
- "Good Times Virus Threatens Hard Drives, Lives. By Craig Shergold"
- Every time your parrot looks down, he says "Yeah, right."
- Claims "Bill Clinton" translates in Chinese as "Pantsless American Leader Who Makes Happy Phone Calls."
and the Number 1 Sign Your Newspaper Isn't Telling the Truth...
- By-line reads: "Selected from 97 submissions from 38 contributors, Today's correspondents were:"
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Selected from 85 submissions from 29 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 1 (14th #1) Email / Website
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA -- 2, 6 Email / Website
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 3 Email / Hall of Famer
- Geoff Brown, Farmington Hills, MI -- 4 Email / Website
- Peg Warner, Exeter, NH -- 4 Email
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX -- 4
- Peter Rogers, Boston, MA -- 4, Banner Tag
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 5 Email
- Ken Woo, Encinitas, CA -- 7, 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO -- 8 Email
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA -- 9
- Brian Jones, Atlanta, GA -- 10, 13 Email
- Ann Bartow, Dayton, OH -- 12
- Kevin Freels, Burbank, CA -- Runner Up list name Email / Website
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX -- Topic Email
- Chris White, New York, NY -- List owner/editor Hall of Famer
- Huey Lewis & the News, San Francisco, CA -- Ambience
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