We know, we know – the Wall Street Journal has been truncated, general-interested, Rupertverted, yak yak yak . . .
But what other paper puts a two-pound hailstone on its front page?
The Journal’s Friday A-Hed:
All Hail the Record Chunk of Ice in Mr. Scott’s Frost-Free Freezer
Two-Pounder Fell From South Dakota Sky, Now It’s Celebrated on Its Own T-Shirts
VIVIAN, S.D.—Cattle rancher Les Scott keeps one of his prized possessions—a hailstone—in his white, upright Montgomery Ward Signature frost-free freezer in his basement. It’s on the shelf between the ice pops and the Schwan’s triple lemon frozen yogurt.
He holds the U.S. record for the nearly two-pound hailstone that fell from the sky during a major thunderstorm July 23, last year. Vivian isn’t far from what meteorologists call “hail alley,” the area where Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming meet. Hail storms are common there from May through October.
And stories like this are common in the Wall Street Journal all year long.
Credit where credit’s due, yeah?
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If Newscorp is hacking people’s freezers, I give up.
That’ scold, Bob.
Hey, if Rupert has his guys talking about something as inane as a big hailstone, we might forget about his hacking into people’s privacy. Nothing else seems to have worked. The real question is which Boston news station will pick this up and feature it on their evening news, giggling all the while?
My money’s on ‘HDH.
That dude sounds so good-natured. A real hail fellow well met type.
All hail Arafat.