A horrible day on all fronts ...

And if it had, assuming it was being played in Miami, would anyone have noticed?

 

Nailed it, Chris. Publisher's "against our policy to have controversial ads on A1" statement is CYA bullshit. Newspapers are so desperate for money they'll take any ad, on any page, and deal with the complaints/canceled subscriptions from readers.

It costs too much to deliver the damn paper to their house, anyway.

 

On first glance, that was what I actually picked up on. I just now noticed the story on the shooter at the top of the page.
Talk about hitting two targets with the same bullet ...

 

Newspapers now are so fucked up it's not even worth bitching about anymore.

 

You also have to watch out for ads on facing pages. That came up the very first week I worked the news desk solo. Full-page gun ad on A2, sensitive story (don't even remember what it was) on A3. Production ships full ad pages straight out ordinarily, so we were a bit clueless.

 

Three targets. See the rail story.

 

I want to hear how Fredrick thinks this all went wrong.

 

The word choice in the blurb headline just above the ad was less than ideal, too.

 

Wonder if there's a paper out there that's run a big ad for ED treatment on the bottom half of A1 (such ads have been known to show up on inside pages in recent years). That would be a front page that really pops (or maybe it's appropriate to say it "boings").

 

SUITS!

They come to work at 10 am, kill a couple of babies at their desk for fun and on the golf course by noon. They light their cigars on the course with rolled-up $100 bills, while Fredrick is literally chained to his work station, bound and gagged, for a 20-hour shift where he will be paid $2.47 for the day.

SUITS!