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Worst Lede Of The Week: Susan Sarandon Is Still Alive?

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Amongst the State of the Union reaction stories brays this goat…
Anti-War Actress Bored by Iraq Pitch
Anti-war actress Susan Sarandon says she was bored by President Bush’s Iraq pitch
By KASIE HUNT Associated Press Writer
(AP) Actress Susan Sarandon says she was bored by President Bush’s State of the Union address asking Americans to give his troop buildup […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week: 1.17.06

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

This one is big. I am going to count the long winded intro explaining this life questioningly shitty lede as written by the author.
Cultural Learnings at California Baptist
Matt Calkins
10:00 PM PST on Friday, January 12, 2007
By MATT CALKINS
The Press-Enterprise
Kazakh celebrity Borat will be in Southern California on Monday as a result of his film — […]

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No Worst Lede

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Christmas cheer prevents me from telling someone they suck at their job, and life in general.
I love all of you.

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Worst Lede Of The Week- 12.13.06

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

Guess which one of these recent Borat ledes is the worst of the week…
A South Carolina man is suing Ristorante Divino, saying managers allowed a “Borat” cameraman to film him in the restaurant’s bathroom.
OR
An American man claims he was “accosted” by the star of the spoof documentary Borat - alias comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week- 12.6.06

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

In this edition of WLotW, a heretofore unseen ailment. The scribe should be mindful of literary flourishes sticking out amongst the plainer text. Please, sally forth amongst the offending prose:
NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney has never been shy about his opinions, but now he’s being bedeviled by somebody else’s words being circulated under his […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week- 11.29.06

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Okay, first things first, here is the winner for this week.
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY
Anti-tobacco forces are opening a new front in the war against smoking by banning it in private places such as homes and cars when children are present.
War ledes are so ‘03. Congratulations to the MBF reader who sent that one in.
Also, […]

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Gobble Gobble, You’re Awful At Your Job

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Worst Lede of the Week is back! Oh lord, do we have a doozy for you. We have not just one, but two ledes. Which will win? You decide!
Only you can decide which anonymous anonymous donor will receive the new Media Bitchfest prize. So let’s get down to business.
LEDE #1
Airboats, grid search used in […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Here we are again and I sure do have a couple of real winners for all 15 of you to enjoy.
Our first comes from USA Today. The scribe in question decided to pen an analogy lede that could really cut across a wide cultural swatch. It takes a real crisp vision to write about the […]

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