WTF Stories of the Week - Page 379

RStar · 07-15-2013, 07:22 PM

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-22-2013, 11:34 AM

Geraldo Rivera's bathroom selfie
Warning: You can't un-see that picture!

Alex · 07-22-2013, 05:00 PM

I don't mind the picture. He's right, he looks good for 70. Though he looks distressingly like my memory of my father (if I aged my father to 50).

That said, I'm appalled that he apparently wears those stupid red sunglasses at home, in his bathroom, while naked. From this I can only assume he wears socks while having sex.

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-23-2013, 07:40 AM

Sure, he's in shape for a 70-year old... but he's Geraldo Rivera! I didn't need to see Geraldo Rivera half naked, no matter what his fitness level happens to be.

Strangler Lewis · 07-23-2013, 10:35 AM

Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!

Gn2Dlnd · 07-24-2013, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RStar

Cow falls through roof, killing a man.

Amazingly bad writing. Here are the three opening sentences, and the alleged writer's byline.

Quote:

A cow falls on a man and kills him, this is a bizarre accident making headline news today. The cow falls on the man after coming right through the roof. The bovine falls eight feet onto a bed where a man and wife are sleeping. -
Roz Zurko is a published freelance writer originally from Milford, Conn. and writes from her home in Westfield, Ma. today. Her background in psychology adds a unique prospective to her writing. Her articles were read by more than one million people last month.

One million stupider people.

Alex · 07-24-2013, 01:37 PM

You aren't always going to get quality journalism on hyperlocal news sites using non-professional labor.

Trust me, I know.

Gn2Dlnd · 07-24-2013, 03:26 PM

Grammar would be nice.

Moonliner · 07-24-2013, 06:07 PM

Heh, Headliner is away at Journalism boot camp.

Today they had a closed book spelling test that included:

The Ex-Governor of California who's also the Terminator
The newly Ex-President of Iran
The surviving Boston Bomber suspect.
The soda you drink at 10:00, 2:00 and 4:00
among others.

I would not have done well.

Alex · 07-24-2013, 08:03 PM

Good to know they're focusing on core journalism skills. Watergate almost didn't happen because Bernstein kept spelling it Ehrilkmann and so Ben Bradlee kept rejecting the stories.

Schwarzenegger (easy to remember with this helpful mnemonic: a black German-American engaging in a Halloween prank)

محمود احمدی*نژاد

Царна́ев (this one I actually knew but still copied from Wiki because I'm not set up to type Cyrillic).

I have no idea what soda is being referenced.

07-15-2013, 07:22 PM	#3781
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07-22-2013, 11:34 AM	#3782
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Geraldo Rivera's bathroom selfie Warning: You can't un-see that picture! __________________
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07-22-2013, 05:00 PM	#3783
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't mind the picture. He's right, he looks good for 70. Though he looks distressingly like my memory of my father (if I aged my father to 50). That said, I'm appalled that he apparently wears those stupid red sunglasses at home, in his bathroom, while naked. From this I can only assume he wears socks while having sex.
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07-23-2013, 07:40 AM	#3784
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Sure, he's in shape for a 70-year old... but he's Geraldo Rivera! I didn't need to see Geraldo Rivera half naked, no matter what his fitness level happens to be. __________________
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07-23-2013, 10:35 AM	#3785
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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07-24-2013, 01:37 PM	#3787
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You aren't always going to get quality journalism on hyperlocal news sites using non-professional labor. Trust me, I know.
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07-24-2013, 03:26 PM	#3788
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Grammar would be nice. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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07-24-2013, 06:07 PM	#3789
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Heh, Headliner is away at Journalism boot camp. Today they had a closed book spelling test that included: The Ex-Governor of California who's also the Terminator The newly Ex-President of Iran The surviving Boston Bomber suspect. The soda you drink at 10:00, 2:00 and 4:00 among others. I would not have done well. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-24-2013, 08:03 PM	#3790
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Good to know they're focusing on core journalism skills. Watergate almost didn't happen because Bernstein kept spelling it Ehrilkmann and so Ben Bradlee kept rejecting the stories. Schwarzenegger (easy to remember with this helpful mnemonic: a black German-American engaging in a Halloween prank) محمود احمدی*نژاد Царна́ев (this one I actually knew but still copied from Wiki because I'm not set up to type Cyrillic). I have no idea what soda is being referenced.
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