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Friday, March 6, 2009

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: MEET THE STAFF

Here at "Humor News Nuts", we strive to bring up to date reporting on events as we see them unfold. Because of the speed at which news is distributed and changes, many of our writing staff tend to cut corners in order to meet the 6:00 p.m. Friday publication deadline. These cut corners result in many errors in grammar, spelling, facts and, conclusions. In order to protect our writers from the shear embarrassment which are their articles; there are no Hemingway's amongst this bunch, we never give a by line to any article.

Unfortunately, our writers do not see themselves as being "less than good" in the field of journalism and have, given this publication an ultimatum. It seems they want their names to be attached to their articles so that they, the individual writer can get the credit that they deserve. The writers have said they would go on strike unless the publication meets their demands. Management pointed out to these writers that if they were any good they would not be here in the first place. Still, "Humor News Nuts" of course, granted their demands and from now on you will have someone to blame for some really poor journalism.

The writing staff consists of the following people: Ted Collin, Mike Collin, Tim Collin, Deek Williams and Madam Misty. Ted Collin is the only one with any real talent for journalism. He deserves high praise for his ability to get the others to settle down and write a 25-200 word article each week.

Mike Collin is my younger brother and has a real problem with alcohol; he can't afford to buy it so he constantly tries to bum drinks off of me. I'd like to get rid of him but, mom says I can't so I'm stuck with him for now.

Tim Collin is my geeky older brother. He has another job and some friends so he stays away from here. He is brilliant but, he did a little too much nose candy as a student so he tends to hallucinate a great deal. His stories still sound pretty good and he writes more coherently then the rest of these people.

Deek Williams works as a fry cook and bartender at "THE HANG OUT BAR" three buildings down from ours. He's not well educated but, he knows a lot about mood swings amongst the population. He has a shoulder to cry on when you feel broken hearted and a baseball bat to crack your skull open if your feeling a little feisty. He is truly a man who has looked at life from both sides now.

Madam Misty is a fortune teller we hired just yesterday. My brother Mike met her when they were both signing up for a work release program from the jail attached to the city offices next door. Madam Misty runs her own business just on the other side of the city building. She located there because she thought it would be more convenient to be next to the jail so she could bail her girls out when they were picked up. Madam Misty also thought she might get some wealthy clients from the city offices. Madam Misty believed it would be best not to put her own business down for her work release program so she got with Mike who put her on staff. Being an internet physic is certainly an honest vocation.

Now that our staff has been introduced, a name and history can be placed with each article you read. It is hoped that each writer for "The Humor News Nuts", will write with a sense of pride as they see each article has their name in the by line.

Sincerely,

Anonymous

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