Friday Fishwrap
“It’s not going to fly,” warned Waynesville, Mo., Mayor Luge Hardman. But a small newspaper in Pulaski County decided to go with the name Uranus Examiner (This is True #1266, 16 September 2018). Named for an unincorporated tourist spot in the county where the main attractions include the World’s Largest Belt Buckle and (yes, really) a fudge factory, it was the county’s only newspaper. But thanks to what publisher Louie Keen called a “H8Ters”-backed “Fuddy Duddy Patrol,” advertisers were afraid of repercussions if they bought space in the paper, and he couldn’t get a bank loan, so it closed down. It only published five issues. (RC/AP) ...“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.” —Gore Vidal, American writer.Original Publication Date: 30 December 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
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