HOW TO KEEP YOUR TEENYBOPPER AUDIENCE DUMB AND SKINNY

4:19 PM, September 5, 2003

In a big "how-to" feature in this month's Glamour Magazine (no link, and please don't ask how I know this) right below "How to Look Thinner Instantly," we find:

HOW TO READ THE PAPER IN 10 MINUTES:

Read each page-one article up to the "jump line" (the line that directs you to another page for the rest of the story.) Editors front-load the important details so they fit on page one.
Skim headlines in the rest of the paper then absorb the first paragraph and read the last sentence of each piece. You'll get the story without trudging through every word.

From all of us who labor to keep the democracy's populace informed, I'd like to send out a big middle finger salute to the fine folks at Conde Nast! But especially on behalf of those who work at one of the 22 Newhouse newspapers. Heard of them, Glamourpusses? That would be those extremely profitable publications that keep your anorexic, money-losing asses in Dolce & Gabbana. So spare a little compassion for the plodding Cratchits below you. And remember, when disposing of your underling's body parts at 4 Times Square, please use the designated receptacles. We wish you luck with a capital F!

>Glamour
>CondéNet
>Newhouse newspapers [Newhousenews.com]
>Conde Nast Rumors [Gawker]


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