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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:40 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Let's make sure this doesn't run as is:<p>ATLANTA (AP) — Caught off-guard last year by a flu vaccine shortage, the government will begin stockpiling flu shots for the first time ever and target them toward children. “We were caught with our pants down,” Dr. Lance Rodewald, head of immunization services with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:42 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	I'd like to know how long that stays on the wire before the writethru comes across.<p>I'd hope for less than 20 minutes.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:58 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	It's been 90 minutes with no "writethru."
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car copy	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:35 pm
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 114 Location: Detroit Michigan	I've got a question. I don't have the lovely opportunity to work with AP copy (you all make it sound like such fun!), I don't know what the term writethru refers to. Could you guys fill me in?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:42 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	A "writethru" is a new version of a story, usually moved to update information or fix some boneheaded mistake.
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car copy	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:46 pm
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 114 Location: Detroit Michigan	Thanks.
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Gatekeeper	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:55 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 309 Location: Upper Midwest	Heh. It wasn't my page, but another editor at our paper used that story and used the "pants down" quote in a prominent pullquote ...<p>Gatekeeper<p>-30-
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:57 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gatekeeper: Heh. It wasn't my page, but another editor at our paper used that story and used the "pants down" quote in a prominent pullquote ...<p><hr></blockquote><p>And I suppose you just stood by.
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Jackie	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:09 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 598 Location: The Herald in Everett, WA	Thanks for the much-needed laugh. Our health reporter likes to do her own flu shot stories so I sent it to her without reading it. We're both cackling over it now.<p>[ April 14, 2004: Message edited by: Jackie ]</p>
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Gatekeeper	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:07 am
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 309 Location: Upper Midwest	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: <p>And I suppose you just stood by.<hr></blockquote><p>**shrug** I didn't see it until the next day.<p>Gatekeeper<p>-30-
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