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A tongue in cheek review of the news published this week regarding Wise County.
Normally posted every Sunday before 10:00 p.m. unless I'm lazy.
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For the week ending 5/17/08
This Week's Overall News Theme: Ralph Hardy

The Story	Newark, Texas becomes the center of the universe when the story of Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old, buys hookers with his dad's credit card. And some the details from the original story have already been overlooked. For instance:
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The Spin	Greatest. Paragraph. Ever.

The Story	And then the Messenger gets into the act by having Joe Duty create the fictional character.
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The Spin	And those legs over at the Messenger belong to whom?

The Story	And although the story first broke on the award winning Liberally Lean blog, Fox 4's Lari Barager refuses to acknowledge that fact. Oh, well. We know the Messenger would give the appropriate love when it interviewed Newark Police Chief Gerald Wright:
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The Spin	"A blog?" Years of stealing the Messenger's content and this is the thanks I get?

The Story	Kevin Riedle was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, Jaclyn Pennington was indicted for first degree Injury to A Child for the death of her daughter last February, and Colton Frazier McGuffin was indicted for intoxication manslaughter for the death of a Chico couple last November.
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The Spin	Where have you gone Ralph Hardy? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Ooo ooo ooo.

The Story
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The Spin	I've read that thing 10 times. Is it earnest or sarcastic?

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