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Dog Bites Man

NPR Arrogant? Whoda thunk it?:

610 WTVN was all set to broadcast live from the Democratic party headquarters at the Columbus Renaissance Hotel on election night when National Public Radio went rogue and decided that the 610 broadcast line belonged to them.

“They literally unplugged our line from the clearly labeled phone jack, and plugged their equipment in, and never looked back,” said Mike Elliott, Program Director for 610.

NPR White House correspondent David Green apparently refused access, even as 610 engineers pointed to their shirts with logos that matched the one on the phone jack, Elliot said.

But the badass nonprofit radio correspondents wouldn’t budge, despite the fact that 610 had paid $325 to secure the line for the night. NPR told 610 that the Ohio Democratic Party gave them permission to intercept the line because they were national.

“They were pretty arrogant,” said Elliot, who said he was going to forward the bill to either NPR or the ODP. “The entitlement kicked in, the whole bit.”

So, 610 called the cops. Columbus police didn’t want the hassle and told the stations to share the line, according to Elliot. No report was filed.

Speaking of dog bites man stories, how's this one? (HT: TB.) Elsewhere in The Other Paper we learn the secret to Democrat parties:

Decrease food, increase beer: Responsible parties offer snack foods that help absorb alcohol to prevent sickness and drunkenness. Then there are Democrat parties: one ounce of food per 16 ounces of alcohol. Pee and repeat until liquor license expires.

Invite at least one person who will dance to a beat that exists only in their mind and who will let people photograph them doing it: In this case, the Dems had about 50 of these. This makes them cool times infinity.

Finally...Parody is Therapy Updated... with the story about the growing intolerance over long, sophisticated soundbytes like "It's the economy, stupid!" (as favored by the '92 Clinton campaign) in favor of shorter catch-phrases like "Yes We Can!" or better still "Change!"