Subject: Re: "Putting the Yellow Back In Journalism" From: Randy Cassingham Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:09:35 -0600
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Subject: Re: "Putting the Yellow Back In Journalism" From: Randy Cassingham Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:09:35 -0600
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At 02:15 AM 8/4/98 -0500, David Hakala said:

>Thanks to Randy Cassingham for tipping me to this one in his Premium "This
>Is True" newsletter!

You're most welcome.

>The Drudge Retort web site  is a hilarious parody of dear
>old Matt.

I described it thusly in my author's note:

"...Tired of
  all the media hype about the 'Drudge Report'? Take a look at an awesome
  parody site, the 'Drudge Retort'. It's a brilliant poke at the post-
  nouveau journalistic sites popping up like weeds -- complete with a
  link to yours truly. You'll find it at ."

Hakala is right: the most insightful part of this parody is that the page
background is YELLOW.  Laughed my ass off when I saw that.

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