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"A Cry for Help"

by: Bob Neer

Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 20:11:06 PM EST

Hat tip to esteemed commenter huh who alerted me to regressive effort MassNews. "Not so much an online newspaper as a cry for help" huh suggests.

Bob Neer :: "A Cry for Help"

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C'mon! (6.00 / 1)

They're just trying to save on bandwidth by eliminating needless a's.

by: Patrick @ Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 19:58:35 PM CST

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Pronounced "MAHZ-choo-settzz' (6.00 / 1)

Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican

by: Peter Porcupine @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 00:35:27 AM CST

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I don't see the problem (0.00 / 0)

Dave Massachusett works hard on his site, and if he wants to tell everyone that it's his source of news and his conservative voice, he can feel free...

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Believe it or not, I have even more to say...

by: sabutai @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 09:31:04 AM CST

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You spelled his name wrong. (0.00 / 0)

It's actually "Masschusett." But no worries - he gets that a lot. ;-)

by: David @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 11:20:46 AM CST

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Actually, you are both wrong. (6.00 / 2)

From the "About" page:

In 2004, Pawlick converted Massachuetts News into an "Internet" paper, and discontinued the print version. PDF copies of the original MassNews are still available on this server.

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by: Bob Neer @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 11:33:07 AM CST

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I get most of my real news from (0.00 / 0)

www.wearechange.org
It's kinda liberating knowing America is going down and why.

by: Lasthorseman @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 07:48:29 AM CST

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