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The Comedian's-eye View of 07/17/98

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Excerpted-from: 07/17/98 -- ShopTalk

                         Friday July 17, 1998

     "In England, if you have a title you obviously haven't got any brains,
      so there's no point in talking about anything else."
			- England's Prince Edward, on belonging to royalty

				&&&&&&&&&&

Media Blitz: What a bad month it's been for journalism.  "Dateline NBC" has
to pay $525,000 for defaming a trucker and trucking company.  The Cincinnati
Enquirer paid $10 million to Chiquita for stealing company voicemail; the
Boston Globe and New Republic fired writers for making up quotes; and CNN
retracted its Vietnam nerve gas story.  "To top it all off, Jerry Springer
just proclaimed himself the 'Most Trusted Man in America.'" (Argus Hamilton)

Postal Pastime: Psychologists say office workers use toys like Slinkys, Nerf
balls and squirt guns to help reduce stress.  "Except, of course, Postal
Service workers, for whom toy guns seem to have the opposite effect." (Paul
Steinberg)

Lewinsky Music: San Francisco musician David Gans has recorded a tribute
song to Monica Lewinsky.  "Linda Tripp has already made a tape of it." (the
Daily Scoop)

Good Book: "Linda Tripp has testified six days before the Ken Starr Grand
Jury....The sixth day will be her last, because we all know that on the
seventh day, Ken will rest." (Williams)

© 1998 Peter Langston