Comments on: The Herald Gets Duped

By: Len Dartt

Len Dartt — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:35:10 +0000

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By: blondefrog123

blondefrog123 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:30:46 +0000

dnboir’s right - This story has NY Times written all over it. I bet they’re mad they got scooped.

By: dnboir

dnboir — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:47:55 +0000

Running fake news? An outrage! The Herald’s almost as bad as the Times. Or CBS News.

By: blert

blert — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:24:47 +0000

Andy Borowitz,

If you’re still reading any of these quotes, great satire piece. Kudos for it.

Also, I do think you have a strong case that the Herald plagiarized your work, and you might want to have a lawyer contact them about the matter. Yes, your material was published, which means that they could talk about it, but to reprint parts of it without attributing the material to you is intellectual theft.

It’s just a guess, but I suspect that the Herald would opt for a quick, reasonable settlement in this matter rather than to drag out the case and embarrass themselves further.

By: Bob in TX

Bob in TX — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:20:21 +0000

Regardless of what any of you say, I contend that you’re still safer hunting with Dick Cheney than you are riding in a car with Ted Kennedy driving!

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:13:17 +0000

It should not surprise anyone that a Boston paper and Boston readers were so easily duped. After all, you keep reelecting Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Duped is as duped does.

By: Pullease

Pullease — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:04:22 +0000

Um, good MORNING!!!? The Herald piece was obviously a piece of satire, buried in a “mistake,” that was itself a piece of satire. I’m really shocked that none of you has picked up on this yet. What a brilliant move to spark some interest in newspapers, get some edgy discussion going, even give some publicity to Andy’s dusty column. Give it a moment’s thought and see if the obviousness of this double gag doesn’t HIT you as it did me this morning. Then, sit back, take a deep breath… and enjoy a long, hard laugh.

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:35:41 +0000

So the obvious satire and the fact that Borowitz is clearly identified as a comedian didn’t raise a red flag?

No wonder the mainstream media took up the “Al Gore said he invented the internet” and “Obama said Pennsylvanians are bitter towards their country” bandwagons. They can’t be bothered to check their sources.

By: Northwoods Blogger

Northwoods Blogger — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:53:13 +0000

Now we see the super secret source of the daily mainstream (Drive-By) media template! They check out huffpo every morning to see what they think, and shout it as loud as they can.

Kinda reminds me of murtha. Brainless, wrong, and passionate hell that he be yelling whatever you tell him @ huffpo louder than the next guy. Content is unimportant. No wonder our alternate media is destroying the MSM in ratings.

By: justin flave

justin flave — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:03:45 +0000

michelle, is murdoch, like, an ann rand paper? cause the red head liked that guy for a bit. and there was a boat. i think “el Boro!,” as i like to call him, might have topped emily chomping pork rinds with this one. gem.