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- #5859
Editor 1: “How do you edit the word of God?”
Editor 2: “Though shalt not edit the word of God.”
- #5857
Reporter 1: “The actress that played Rhett and Scarlet’s daughter died.”
Reporter 2: “Aww.”
Reporter 1: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
- #5856
Reporter to photographer while looking at footage shot for a back to school story: “Why are all the children running away from you?”
- #5855
Editor, when ordered to cut a sex-ed story to 20 inches: “Is this what’s known as whacking off?”
- #5852
Reporter: “It’s a good thing we’re not allowed to put our opinions in stories because this lady is full of it.”
- #5848
“Okay, the whole paper is done and looks beautiful. Except for page 3, which is blank.”
- #5847
“I always try to stick it to the man with an inch over budget when I write a short story.”
- #5846
Assignment editor to reporter during hurricane watch: “Coast guard for you.”
Reporter: “That’s not good.”
- #5845
Audio op in an east coast market during hurricane coverage: “You know what sounds really good right now? Being inland. Like, the midwest? Sounds AWESOME right now.”
- #5841
Editor, looking for someone with good penmanship: “Who here can write good?”
Reporter: “None of us otherwise we wouldn’t be working here.”
- #5840
Copy chief: “You know that there are no points for making the headline more interesting than the story, right?”
- #5839
Reporter: “A major hurricane, most of the troops leaving the middle east, and a presidential address! I think I just had a News-gasm.”
- #5838
Managing Editor on the phone with a caller discussing a submitted letter: “You do know Free Willy is a work of fiction.”
- #5834
Reporter talking about man she interviewed: “I think he’s off his rocker, but he served my purpose.”
- #5833
Reporter’s response to a parent wondering how many children had to die before she’d report on a student being sent home for bringing a pocket knife to school: “Five. Five children is a good number.”
- #5832
Reporter to editor: “Is ass allowed on the comment section if it’s spelled with dollar signs (a$$)?”
- #5826
Producer after graphics op aired wrong mug shot: “Someone just got defamed.”
- #5825
Five-year-old boy to reporter interviewing people at snow cone stand: “You’re gonna need a bigger notebook if you’re gonna write a whole story.”
- #5824
Reporter: “Turns out there’s a fine line between promotion and libel in restaurant reviews.”
Editor: “Much like the fine line between burping and vomiting.”
- #5819
City Editor, after the editorial assistant found a mistake in his story: “I read my story a million times, and I can’t believe the mistakes.”
