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The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country.

The Washington Post is read by people who think they ought to run the country.

USA TODAY is read by people who think they ought to run the country, but don’t understand The Washington Post.

The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country, if they could spare the time.

The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country.

The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who is running the country.

The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who’s running the country, as long as they do something scandalous.

The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure there is a country or that anyone is running it.

The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country.
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I don’t know where this originated and it is a bit out of touch, but I found it funny. Who is reading the newspaper in your city? Let me know in the comments!

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Newspaper designers are dorks. Undateable. Uninteresting. Consumed with minutiae. Care about things no one else does, sort of like Trekkies. I am convinced that you could change the premise of the TV show The Big Bang Theory so that the protagonists were newspaper designers instead of physics mavens and the show could remain pretty much the same.

You ask a newspaper designer how s/he liked a story and you get a treatise on typefaces, linespacing, column widths, color theory, blah blah blah — everything but whether they liked the story or not. God help you if you ask them about an information graphic. I love newspaper designers.

Just for fun, I would like some help in compiling a list titled: “You know you are a newspaper designer if you….”

I think it’s perfect for a Friday in May. Whatcha got for me?

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And the Oscar for best newspaper movie goes to….(shuffle, shuffle, rip, tear….):

Citizen Kane with 35% of the vote, followed by All the President’s Men with 25%. His Girl Friday, State of Play and a write-in, The Paper, tied for third at 13%.

Thanks to everyone who voted and enjoy the Oscars!

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