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Stop the Presses!
Oct 08, 2010 10:03
There's an old saying in journalism: "When a dog bites a man, it's not news. When a man bites a dog...that's news!"
From West Haven, CT: News!
Man Sinks Teeth Into Police Dog
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Man
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lds
October 8 2010, 15:38:52 UTC
You can almost see the smartass author submitting the story with the headline, "Man Bites Dog," and the stodgy old editor sighing and redlining through "Bites" and annotating, "Not funny. Use 'sinks teeth into.'"
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