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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: More Hartford hilarity Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:45 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Concocted stories also have been printed as entertainment, with top editors' blessings. The Courant, for example, has pulled April Fool's jokes on readers over the years, including a Jim Shea story last April 1 about a virus that causes obesity. The article ended with the words, "April Fool's," but not everyone appreciated the fun. (Hartford Courant)<p>***"Fun."' Most of the newspapers that occasionally ran such stories stopped doing so decades ago, for obvious reasons.***
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Jackie	Post subject: Re: More Hartford hilarity Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:19 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 598 Location: The Herald in Everett, WA	Most of the newspapers that occasionally ran such stories stopped doing so decades ago, for obvious reasons.***<p>Unfortunately, some college journalism advisers have not impressed this fact on their students, judging by the joke stories that still run in many college newspapers around April 1. Some of those "jokes" are pretty horrific, too.<p>[ June 16, 2003: Message edited by: Jackie ]</p>
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