Recipe for News
“I like to think of news and advertising as the separation
of guacamole and Twizzlers. Separately, they’re good. But if you mix them
together, somehow you make both of them really gross.”
—John Oliver, host, “Last Week Tonight,” HBO, 2014
• Editorial Comment: Which of these things belongs together?.
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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD
“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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