Those who read our little weekly on a regular
basis will recall that a few weeks ago we asked
you to make a phone call. Many of you did, and
we thank you for that.
We asked you to call our local newspaper, The
Daily Times, and voice your support for The Shore
Journal. We weren't in danger of being shut down
by the courts (our kingdom for such importance),
there was a reader's poll of favorite websites,
and we thought it would be great to be listed.
We were listed, although not in the manner that
we had hoped. We even got a call from the reporter,
Susan Canfora, who asked us what, exactly, IS The
Shore Journal ?
That is where we got into trouble. We should have
referred her to Meshach, but he doesn't say much
to strangers.
We have the greatest
respect for people who can keep their wits during
an interview, and we have never counted ourselves
in their number.
In fact, we so botched our answers that she ended
up thinking we had called The Shore Journal
"... the oldest and most widely-read publication
on Delmarva." Good Lord.
We're not even the oldest web publication. Larry
Mott's Trailblazer has been up longer than the
Journal, and we would not have wanted to slight him.
All of this caused, of course, yet another emergency
meeting of the Shore Journal Editorial Staff, once
again at the palatial SJ Tower building.
After much discussion, and a small food-fight over
in the corner between members of the Far East Bureau,
it was decided that while WE knew it was an error, it
was too good an error to pass up, and the board voted
unanimously to accept the accolade and to henceforth
refer to our little enterprise as:
The Daily Times, March 22, 1996
Our marketing department is working feverishly
to develop a media campaign around this error,
and we expect to see results very soon. We even
have a call in to Kathi Lee Gifford, we want to
milk this puppy for everything it's worth.
Senator Joe McCarthy would be proud.
March 30, 1996 Charles Paparella The Shore Journal
Have you no SHAME ???