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Contest: The New York Times in a six-word slogan

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 6, 2008 09:28 PM

Update: Falling profits and shrinking ads, sniff.

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Laer Pearce at Cheat Seeking Missiles sends word that the Freakonomics blog at the NYTimes website is holding a contest to describe America in six words. Naturally, the game has degenerated into an America-bashing fest.

Examples:

“White? Straight? Christian? Rich? Welcome Home!”
“‘Number One? Smells like number two.”

Laer is soliciting pro-America entries to balance out the nutroots submissions. Leave ‘em at his blog.

Meantime, if you’d like to play a variation and describe the NYTimes in six words, let loose!

I’ll start:

All Leftist propaganda fit to print.

Our enemies’ favorite newspaper, hands down.

Apologize for Walter Duranty’s lies now!

How’s that stock chart doing, Pinch?

From commenter ACHefty: “The National Fish Wrap of Record.”

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  1. #101
    On February 7th, 2008 at 9:29 am, Larraby said:

    Last week, The Times ran a lenghty iconic article about Ted Kennedy. The article began by mentioning that Kennedy addressed a Hispanic audience by speaking in “imperfect Spanish”. Actually, Kennedy spoke in broken Spanish, mixing up his singulars and plurals in the ONE sentence of Spanish that was written for him. Kennedy’s staff can’t even get one sentence of Spanish correct. And of course the Times writer did not mention the reason that Kennedy’s Spanish is so “imperfect”. Kennedy was expelled from Harvard after he was caught cheating on a Spanish exam. Kennedy paid a smart student to take the exam for him. Papa Joe eventually bought Teddy’s readmission to Harvard. Then the Times writer wrote that Teddy is often slouched and “wears the burdens of his life” on his face. No mention of Mary Jo Kopechne in the article, however. Mary Jo’s mother died quietly in a nursing home in Pa. two weeks ago. No Kennedys attended the funeral. Teddy had not seen the Kopechnes since he showed up at Mary Jo’s funeral in 1969 wearing a phony collar around his neck. The Times writer would never mention any of this. The Times piece on Teddy is so inconic that the Times writer seems downright giddy over Teddy.

  2. #102
    On February 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am, jsr said:

    Too cool for you patriotic fools.

    Providing cover for liberal idiots daily.

  3. #103
    On February 7th, 2008 at 9:39 am, Barry F. said:

    The article began by mentioning that Kennedy addressed a Hispanic audience by speaking in “imperfect Spanish”. Actually, Kennedy spoke in broken Spanish, mixing up his singulars and plurals in the ONE sentence of Spanish that was written for him.

    He doesn’t even manage the English language well, Larraby. Surely, you don’t expect him to do any better with Spanish. ;-)

  4. #104
    On February 7th, 2008 at 9:40 am, DarthRove said:

    Useful idiots? We’re not that useful.

  5. #105
    On February 7th, 2008 at 9:59 am, TexasPride said:

    The Liberal 5th Column of Choice

  6. #106
    On February 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am, DaveInAustin said:

    Home of Paul Krugman, Lying Douchebag

    And Also Maureen Dowd, Filthy ****

  7. #107
    On February 7th, 2008 at 10:17 am, coffee260 said:

    NYT’s! The opium of the socialist’s

  8. #108
    On February 7th, 2008 at 10:24 am, Darwin Akbar said:

    Simple is good:

    “Frank Rich! Paul Krugman! Maureen Dowd!”

  9. #109
    On February 7th, 2008 at 10:24 am, pressto said:

    What the author didn’t bother to research is that the US already has an official motto that the US Congress passed back in 1956. That motto is: “In God We Trust”

    This being the NY Times no wonder they did not bother to research this little fact before deciding to hold a contest. Talk about a stupid reporter.

  10. #110
    On February 7th, 2008 at 11:06 am, James Felix said:

    The New York Times…

    … because Al Jazeera doesn’t publish newpapers here

  11. #111
    On February 7th, 2008 at 11:25 am, Tantor said:

    The New York Times:

    Making liberal lies conventional wisdom.

  12. #112
    On February 7th, 2008 at 11:44 am, nbarry said:

    Since “All the news that fits we print” is seven words, I go with “Suitable for framing or training puppies.”

  13. #113
    On February 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am, et said:

    Our new small size flushes easier.

  14. #114
    On February 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm, whatthecrap? said:

    I posted the serious one:

    “Freedom to pursue dreams, unhindered, unaided.”

    -Andrew

  15. #115
    On February 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, GaijinBob said:

    BKennedy said:

    Saving lives since Nineteen Seventeen-Seventy-Six!

    Supporting Freedom since Nineteen Seventeen-Seventy-Six!

    Fixed it for ya. :)

  16. #116
    On February 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pm, Khyris said:

    The New York Times

    “Shut up. We think FOR you.”

  17. #117
    On February 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm, amigoneus said:

    NYTimes = The ninth circle of hell.

    Truth? You can’t handle the truth!

  18. #118
    On February 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm, amigoneus said:

    We’re better than you are, nannynannybooboo.

    Okay, I know I cheated a bit on the last word, but I love it.

  19. #119
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, coldfront said:
  20. #120
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm, DBNinKY said:

    “How’s that stock chart doing, Pinch?”

    That pretty much sums it all up!

  21. #121
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, max said:

    If News, It’s News to Us!

  22. #122
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, KaosKlerik said:

    We Distort. You Snort. We Deride.

  23. #123
    On February 7th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, coldfront said:
  24. #124
    On February 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm, Frank DiGiorgio said:

    Making up the news for You!

  25. #125
    On February 7th, 2008 at 3:08 pm, secondsight said:

    All teh Screws fix too pink.

  26. #126
    On February 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm, walterc said:

    All Of America’s Secrets On Display.

  27. #127
    On February 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pm, duff65 said:

    If you people don’t like the NYT why don’t you just ignore them like most of the rest of us?

  28. #128
    On February 7th, 2008 at 7:29 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    I didn’t read through all of them so I apologize if someone gets copied. My submissions:

    Lose your mind-read our paper.

    Insulting the military that protects us.

    Berkley paper of the east coast.

    We like code pink; don’t you.

  29. #129
    On February 8th, 2008 at 1:31 am, TomB said:

    Six words describing the NYT, in haiku format for extra credit:

    agenda driven
    newspaperlike deception
    promoting treason

  30. #130
    On February 8th, 2008 at 1:34 am, TomB said:

    On February 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pm, duff65 said:

    If you people don’t like the NYT why don’t you just ignore them like most of the rest of us?

    I do ignore them as a source of information. I just like to make fun of them. Come to think of it though, it’s sort of like calling a pig fat.

  31. #131
    On February 10th, 2008 at 9:58 am, reine.de.tout said:

    Someone may have already noted this, but in case not: LGF had its own six-word contest: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28865&only&rss

    and got more than 1700 comments (not a lousy 700)

  32. #132
    On February 10th, 2008 at 2:44 pm, DannoJyd said:

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