Date:  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:09:32 -0800

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Funny Names for Newspapers



Several decades ago Mad Magazine did a parody of the New York Times with

the motto "All the news that fits, we print."

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Joan C. Cook wrote:



> On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Patricia Kuhlman wrote:

>

> >  I've also heard the motto of the New York Times reversed from

> > "all the news that's fit to print" to "all the news that's print

> > to fit".

>

> In Li'l Abner, the Slobovian newspaper's motto is "All we print is news

> that fits."

>

> --Joan

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