If you frequent the local Gannet Hyper-Mega Corporation Daily website then you’ve probably watched one of those “Here’s what’s in tomorrow’s Advertiser” (Must. Stop. Using. Apostrophes!) streaming videos that’s so popular with the kids these days.
There’s at least one of you out there, anyhow. Take this instant message we got recently from one “coldstoner93.” Love those AOL screen names.
>coldstoner93: why can’t she memorize a few lines?
>talkstink: Uh, rememeber: She’s print, not broadcast.
>coldstoner93: it looks ridiculous when she reads from the sheet.
>talkstink: It’s a newspaper. It’s not like they’ve got a TelePrompTer.
>coldstoner93: i don’t care!
>talkstink: That’s the spirit.
We don’t know what the big deal is really. It’s a familiar place for Catherine Toth, she’s done the Advertiser news reads before. You’d think someone were suggesting she might jump from print to broadcast.
All we can say is those Gannet weasels better be treating her right.
