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tom's rubbishPerson was signed in when posted
08-19-2002
11:03 PM ET (US)
The "jiggle" only needed one link...
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Marek J
08-19-2002
05:35 PM ET (US)
Not a Tinnie but more like a Funnie.
Lab Mice Die after Drugs, Disco -
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story...n_mice_experiment_3
Especially this "Researchers studied 238 mice, injecting half with salt and half with the drug. While the mice injected with salt fell asleep when music was played, the drugged mice appeared to jiggle backward and forward.

Scientists found that the drugged mice suffered more speed-induced brain damage than normal. Seven mice who listened to the Prodigy died, as did four who were played music of a similar tempo by Bach."
Edited 08-19-2002 05:36 PM
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tom's rubbishPerson was signed in when posted
08-19-2002
10:23 AM ET (US)
Frank,

A Tinnie, as far as I can see, is the manifestation of astonishingly tasteless news judgment within the lede of a news story of a certain magnitude (as Aristotle might say). The restriction to the lede has to do with the notion that this is the most self-conscious, rhetorically "styled" bit of most news stories - it reflects not one reporter's judgment, but that of multiple editors - it's an organizational boner.

I would suggest that what you relate is a most promising policy for the production of fine Tinnies. A sort of Tinnie-in-utero. I would be very surprised if great things do not spew forth from your local morning daily.
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tom's rubbishPerson was signed in when posted
08-19-2002
10:14 AM ET (US)
Frank Paynter writes:

"In my shameless search for a media sponsor for my reportage of the October
Digital Identity Conference in Denver, which is likely to rank as the
emerging information technology story of the year, I called the business
editor of our local morning daily. Since I have not clue one about how to
pitch a story this was practice at best. I explained some of the ins and
outs of the emerging technology, fell back quickly to a checkpointing
position ("Have you ever used eBay or bought tickets through Travelocity?")
then suggested that maybe it would be best if I sent her a few paragraphs
describing why I felt her readers would both be interested and even benefit
from exposure to the subject manner. I added that there was a local angle,
since Eric Norlin who is helping organize the event in Denver is a Madison
area lad with a National Security Council background, and his father still
lives here.

'We're not interested in local angles,' she said. 'If this is important,
the wire services will cover it and we'll use their story.'

Is there a Tinnie category for this kind of editorial policy?"
Edited 08-19-2002 10:16 AM
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tom's rubbishPerson was signed in when posted
08-17-2002
03:24 PM ET (US)
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