Your small paper could be a reality star!

Hope it's better than "Tabloid Wars or "The Paper."

 

Is this like that time one of my old papers got the brilliant idea to install 24/7 webcams in the newsroom? They thought people would tune in to see the, uhh, hustle and bustle of putting out the next day's paper (never mind that half the desks were empty after layoffs, even then.)

They made the mistake of placing the cameras near the sports department ... and turning on the audio.

First, they asked us to tone it down. OK, whatever, we'll try. But hey, we're trying to work back here.

Then they deactivated the audio. Apparently the sound emitting from the sports department wasn't exactly SFW, if you catch my drift.

Yeah, that experiment didn't last long.

 

Papers on basic cable try hard too.

 

Oh come on. You didn't like The Paper? Randy Quaid was a great reporter!

 

"The Paper" was based on a bad business model. It should have been about "The Internet."

 

"The Paper" was also the name of an MTV reality show featuring a high school newspaper class in Florida.

 

Can see the coming job postings. "Are you a go-getter? We want people who don't mind working long hours digging up the truth on holidays and weekends on their own time....beauty pageant and reality show experience a plus.

 

They'd need a 60-second delay on most sports departments on prep football Friday nights. That'd be great TV, except for all of the beeps. It'd sound like one of those panel trucks backing up.

 

"Tune in next week as fists fly during the All-County selection meeting."

 

Captain Not-So-Obvious.

 

"George, please pack your computer and go."

 

Judging by the witty banter in most newsrooms, I'd name the show ...

"That's What She Said"