"Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel" is a popular saying in politics that means don't argue with the press (especially newspapers), who can publicize an opinion like…
Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, sent a manifesto titled "Industrial Society and Its Future" to the Washington (DC) Post and the New York (NY) Times in September 1995. This…
People often lose their cell phones. "Never forget where you came from, because that’s probably where you left your phone" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images.…
"Never underestimate the intelligence of your readers/viewers, but never overestimate their knowledge" is a popular media maxim. Readers/viewers are smart, but they might not have all the…
New passwords sometimes have strange requirements. Thus was posted on X/Twitter by Midge on September 6, 2024: "new password must contain one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, eye of…
"...the New York Times, the Daily News..." So sang Billy Joel, when in a "New York State of Mind." The New York Daily News began as the Illustrated Daily News. The New York…
The New York Observer (a weekly newspaper) began in 1987. It's pink (like London's Financial Times) and it serves New York's "elite" -- mostly the upper east side or the…
"News is what happens to an editor" is a journalism adage of unknown authorship. What an editor finds interesting becomes the news -- at least where that editor works. "There's…
"The news never sleeps" is an old saying in the news business. The October 25, 1905 Belleville (IL) News-Democrat had the slogan "It Prints the News," with "Wide…
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), the Broadway caricaturist, was probably Broadway's longest-running success story. His first theater doodle was in 1926 for the New York Herald Tribune. He soon…
Many people don't trust the media. "You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do but you don’t" was posted on X/Twitter by Auron MacIntyre on October 10, 2022. "No…
Many people don't trust the media. "You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do but you don’t" was posted on X/Twitter by Auron MacIntyre on October 10, 2022. "No…
Many people don't trust the media. "You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do but you don’t" was posted on X/Twitter by Auron MacIntyre on October 10, 2022. "No…
Many people don't trust the media. "You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do but you don’t" was posted on X/Twitter by Auron MacIntyre on October 10, 2022. "No…
"No news is good news" is a proverb that dates to about the 1500s. "No news is good news; no journalists is even better" was in the book The Treasury of Humorous Quotations…
"Nobody supports you like a social media friend that you/you've never met" is a saying that has been printed on many images. This support is superficial, of course. "Nobody…
"Nobody supports you like a social media friend that you/you've never met" is a saying that has been printed on many images. This support is superficial, of course. "Nobody…