Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Reminder: The world comes to an end on 12/21/12

That worst-case scenario among the 2012 cataclysmic and/or transformative events is just one month from today!

I post this tip for story assignment editors struggling to fill holiday papers and broadcasts during the traditional year-end news slowdown.
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous11/21/2012 12:08 AM

    Jim's soul is not prepared. He's doomed!

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  2. Anonymous11/21/2012 7:18 AM

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  3. Anonymous11/21/2012 9:00 AM

    hahahaha. my site beat you to it, Jim. We have a whole list of stories planned, a la Y2K, the Doomsday that never was.
    We're also doing "round the clock" coverage of Black Friday involving almost every reporter. If we poured that much effort into real news people would want to pay for the product.

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  4. Anonymous11/21/2012 1:02 PM

    I'm hittin' the nightclubs with some coworkers the eve of 12/20 and see if we get lucky.

    Now there'd be a story: go to the meat markets and interview patrons on the silly matter, with pointed questions such as "Do you expect hookup tonight since tomorrow is the end of the world?"

    But I'm pretty sure the ed wouldn't have the balls to conceive humor, let alone assign it, let alone publish what would definitely qualify as a passion topic.

    It could be done humorously -- and humor is not one of their strong suits.

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  5. Anonymous11/21/2012 10:58 PM

    Cinncy will have this up for weeks after it happens

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  6. Anonymous11/22/2012 2:32 AM

    1:02, I'll break the suspense for you. You won't get lucky.

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  7. Anonymous11/22/2012 10:56 AM

    Cinncy will have an advancer up a month later, along with Ohio election returns and Schoolmarm Thanksgiving galleries.

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  8. Anonymous11/22/2012 11:47 AM

    Layoffs coming to a site near you on 12/21/12. For those of you company cheerleaders who thought "It can never happen to me" It's the end of the world for you!

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