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| 2003-04-23 |
| The Charleston Post and Courier has graciously admitted that it made a mistake its coverage of the recent protest at the Augusta Golf tournament. A man who held up a sign at Martha Burk which said "Make me dinner" did not supply his real name, but instead spelled out his name as "Heywood Jablome." The protester is really an Atlanta radio host with a different name. But the South Carolina reporter isn't the only journalist to fall for this trick. A May 1, 2001 business story in the New York Post looked into the new trend of putting cafes in investment firm offices; the story reported the skepticism of "Heywood Jablome, 41, a Manhattan real estate agent." This brings back memories of the day in high school when the attendance administrator puzzled over an attendence slip reporting the absence of student whose name she did not recognize: "Jack Mehoff? Jack Mehoff? Who is Jack Mehoff?" People who enjoy reading book reviews by Paige Turner and military commentary by Warren Peace will find a good list of silly names at psacake |
| Posted by:Bent Pyramid |
| #9 Here is the link to 99X in Atlanta, where Haywood Jablome works that has more detail and sound bites. |
| Posted by: Denny 2003-04-23 14:03:33 |
| #8 Neat!! (Excuse me, is my neophyte showing?) Thanks, Bomb-a-rama! |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-04-23 13:45:33 |
| #7 Tadderly: In case you don't already know, click on the time link below the post to get the proper URL to plug into any external referring link. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-23 12:08:49 |
| #6 I used Haywood Jablomee in Usenet postings many years ago. It's still priceless. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-23 12:06:30 |
| #5 ColoradoConservative: If you click on the title of the article (not at the top of the page, but within the article itself), if the poster has correctly linked the title, it should take you to the original site. This title's link does indeed take you to NRO's "The Corner". I know, everyone, I know, I have no room to talk when it comes to "correctly linking" anything - but I'm getting better. *grin* |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-04-23 11:55:13 |
| #4 This article was written by David Kopel and posted at NRO's "The Corner". Why isn't he given proper attribution for this. The reader is left with the mistaken impression that the poster authored it. How are items posted to this forum suppose to work? |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-04-23 11:42:40 |
| #3 tu301 - I'm not sure - maybe Dr. Richard Head was with him |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2003-04-23 10:51:45 |
| #2 Was his buddy Dick Hertz from Holden with him? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-23 10:15:54 |
| #1 I just read a great article in the paper today about bird migrations by Robbin Droppings. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2003-04-23 08:59:05 |