that fits, we print.
So sad. Yesterday marked the last issue of the Weekly World News. First the Wall Street Journal goes to Rupert Murdoch, now this.
Where can we go for the real dope. You know, I mean the scoop...
The Weekly World News started in l979, a black-and-white, over-the-top tabloid with something for every fruitcake. It was just the thing to read on the bus or subway if you wanted to be left alone, with plenty of space. Especially if you held it upside-down.
And now it's gone, gone, gone! No more Bat Boy. And who will keep tabs on Elvis and/or the aliens, vampires and zombies among us now?
Some of OFF/beat's Emil Steiner's favorite headlines (the illustration's from there too.):
-Man Poses as CPR Dummy to Meet Women.
-Seeing Eye Squirrels for Blind Dogs
-Tiny Terrorists Disguised as Garden Gnomes
-Vegan Vampire Attacks Trees
Those reporters must have had a blast.
Unfortunately, this gem could not survive. Its current readership is 83,000 (Weekly World News has 83,000 readers!) down from 1.2 million (Weekly World News had 1.2 million readers---who are/were those people?) in the 1980's.
Thank heaven The Wall Street Journal is still with us.
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