Pondering about stupid newspaper articles

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When there's an article in a paper like "Carl, 45, went to McDonalds and was disappointed that they were all out of his favorite ice cream flavor" how does that work exactly? Do people actually have things happen to them throughout the day that are completely unimportant to anyone but them personally and ACTUALLY calls the newspaper? How does that work? They get to speak to a journalist and then said journalist is like "what an absolutely groundbreaking, important story that needs to be shared with the world immadiately" or are such articles jokes, like the paper is trolling its readers or something? It has got got the trolling right and the journalists know the people featured and they are in on it?

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  • MonteMetcalfe
    2 years ago

    Later in the article it will blame the lack of Carl's favorite flavor on racial inequity.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    2 years ago

    i skip that shit and go straight for the comics & crossword puzzle

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  • wigz
    2 years ago

    Some papers send reporters out in town to talk to people, ask a question of the day, whatever.

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  • PurpleHoneycomb
    2 years ago

    I worked as an editor for my home town's local newspaper as a teenager and can pretty much guarantee what those articles are.

    Writers and editors are required to meet a certain quota on content. The issue? Some days and even weeks can be slow with genuine news content. The most common ways to fix this are to interview people about mundane things or to fill up the classifieds. If you're lucky and the boss is nice enough, you can even slip in a couple of jokes into the mix.

    A famous case of this is the classic "Safety Not Guaranteed" time travel ad that was prominent in memes.

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