Would a reporter ever slant. . .

[Don]

A sports reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times is walking through
Grant Park when he notices two boys playing football. Out of
nowhere, a pit bull attacks one of the boys and begins mauling
him. The other boy, having no choice, finds a large branch and
clubs the dog over the head with it, killing the dog. The
shocked reporter rushes over to the two boys, and after finding
out they were all right, offers to write a story about the
heroic little boy.

Since the reporter was a sports reporter, he decided to give his
headline a sports slant: "Young Chicago Bears Fan Saves Friend
>From Vicious Animal" The little boy looks at the headline and
says, "Sorry mister, but I'm not a Bears fan."

The reporter stops writing and says, "Oh, well since you were
playing football and we're in Chicago, I just assumed you were a
Bears fan." And so the reporter begins a new headline: "Little
Minnesota Vikings Fan Fends Off Mad Dog Attack" The little boy
looks at the headline and shakes his head. "I'm not a Vikings
fan either, mister," says the boy. The reporter erases his
headline again and says, "Gee, I thought every kid in the
Midwest was either a Bears of Vikings fan. To save time, why
don't you just tell me what team you do root for."

The little boy smiles and says, "I'm a Green Bay Packers fan."
The reporter nods and begins his final headline: "Little
Cheesehead B*stard Murders Beloved Family Pet"



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I used to have an open mind - but my brains kept falling out.

6P1 (retired)