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RIP News of the World

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:34 pm

This high quality piece of journalism publishes for the last time today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14081705
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Re: RIP News of the World

Postby Lianachan » Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:43 pm

Mactep wrote:This high quality piece of journalism publishes for the last time today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14081705


'bout time 'n'all.

My dad, for some reason, bought it all the time - although he said "I don't even look at the tits any more".
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Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:00 pm

Chrissie Hynde even sang about it :P
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Postby Arneb » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:17 pm

Bwa, shit gets flushed doen the toilet, so what? Murdoch will rehire some of the more ruthless of the pack to produce a Sun on Sunday, and that will of course be a shining example of journalistic ethics.
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Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:37 am

The cynical among us believe they have wanted to shut it down for a while as a cost cutting excercise and have one of the dailies start a sunday edition.
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Postby Arneb » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:22 am

I'd call that realistic, not cynical.
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Postby Мастер » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:31 am

Arneb wrote:I'd call that realistic, not cynical.


"Cynical" is what optimists call realistic.
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Postby tubeswell » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:46 am

good riddance.
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Postby Enzo » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:39 am

I heard reported that the paper put Mr.Murdoch's name on a recent cover spelled Murdock.
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Postby rmercure » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:39 pm

Isn't that "Mud Dick" or More Dick" or "Little insecure weiner need exaggerate for ego purpose." Oh, sorry, I'm thinking of Donny Dump!
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