How the media would handle the end of the world
February 06, 2008
From a comment thread on Steven Smith's News is a Conversation blog:
USA Today: WE'RE DEAD.
Wall Street Journal: Dow Jones Plummets as World Ends
National Enquirer: Britney Parties While Millions Die
Rolling Stone: The Grateful Dead Reunion Tour
Sports Illustrated: Game Over
Playboy: Girls of the Apocalypse
Redbook: Lose 10 Pounds by Judgment Day with Our New "Armageddon" Diet!
TV Guide: Death and Damnation -- Nielson Ratings Soar!
Discover Magazine: How will the extinction of all life as we know it affect the way we view the cosmos?
Spokane Journal of Business: World Ends, Local Housing Market Unaffected
KREM News: Earth T-Boned by Giant Asteroid
KXLY News: Sound-Off Question - Could Armageddon have been prevented if our kids had spent more classroom time on the Bible and less on the WASL?
KHQ News: The World Is Ending -- Coffee's on Us!
Spokesman-Review: Life on Earth Ends, More Newsroom Cuts Possible
Do follow this link for a few more newspaper jokes...
How do we translate this to Norwegian:
VG: You're DEAD
Dagbladet: This is how YOU die!
Vårt Land: Thank you, Lord!
Groruddalens Budstikke: Groruddalens development postponed
Se & Hør: Absolutely last nude picture of celebreties
VamPus' Verden: No hangover tomorrow!
etc..
Posted by: VamPus | February 06, 2008 at 03:44 PM
Some British papers
Daily Telegraph-End of the World,Brits reported injured.
Daily Express-World to end-now we will find out what really happened to Diana.
The Sun-Exclusive-World Ends but God is videoed snorting coke.Police urged to investigate.
Posted by: Nigel Barlow | February 06, 2008 at 04:34 PM
The Washington Post: All Journalists Given Unrestricted Access to White House.
Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai | February 08, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Ha, ha, ha... a good one to bring out the differences btwn different newspaper cultures:-)
Posted by: Kristine | February 09, 2008 at 12:18 PM