Dive into the archives.
- 1469
“My deadline is, literally, right around the corner. It’s approximately two days away.” A news clerk on the phone
- 1468
“It’s TV news not brain surgery!”
- 1467
Page editor to slot: “Can you put Chuck in your briefs?”
- 1466
“Will you please tell her to stop doing the ‘Thriller’ dance?” Reporter to an editor during a budget meeting.
- 1465
Copy editor: “Here’s the story on Sanford.” News editor, obviously stuck on MJ: “Who?”
- 1464
Producer, after hearing of Billy Mays’ death: “Do you think Billy Mays would be a good pitchman for God? ‘I’m Billy Mays, here to tell you about the afterlife!’”
- 1463
“I guess 50 is the new dead.”
- 1462
“GM is pulling out.” Editor in reference to GM not selecting local plant for new car model.
- 1461
“I like to call it ‘The Big Ruh-Roh.’” Editor talking about special section on the state budget.
- 1460
Editor to reporter: “Do I have to check the names in your story? You spelled them right, didn’t you?”
- 1459
Writer sneezes loudly, followed by: “Sorry, I sneeze whenever I read bad AP copy…”
- 1458
Reporter #1 worries about lack of stories for the week. Reporter #2: “Eh it’s okay. It’s summertime, you can always count on a tragedy.”
- 1457
Reporter to another reporter minutes after hearing reports Michael Jackson had died. Reporter 1: “I don’t think there was this much buzz in the newsroom when the Pope died.” Reporter 2: “But the Pope took forever.”
- 1456
On police scanner: “She’s not feeling well. She has shortness of breath. She’s distraught over Michael Jackson.”
- 1455
Reporter 1: “Anyone have a white glove I can borrow?” Reporter 2: “I have a rubber glove…”
- 1454
Reporter: “Why does MJ and Farrah Fawcett have to die on my birthday? That’s messed up.”
- 1453
Page designer working on a photo: “Can I cut this chick’s head off?”
- 1452
Reporter to a caller: “So where is it you are incarcerated?”
- 1451
Reporter to another reporter: “We don’t lie, we just quote liars.”
- 1450
Overheard on the scanner: “The complainant Mr. Fernandez says he believes they’re up to no good.”
