Enero 6, 2021

Snappy headline undercut by paragraph squirreled away in the lower reaches of the article.

NPR headline: "Conifer Cuisine: Don't Toss Your Christmas Tree Yet! Here's How You Can Cook With It."

Squirreled-away paragraph: "Some Christmas trees are poisonous if eaten — like cypress, cedars and yews. And be sure your tree wasn't sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals. 'So if you have any doubt that you're that your Christmas tree might not have been grown to eat, then maybe don't eat it'..."

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Expat(ish) ayon kay ...

Euell Gibbons unavailable for comment.

-XC

Goldenpause ayon kay ...

Undercut? More like refuted.

Marcus Bressler ayon kay ...

It's sorta like those "guess the political party" games you play when a Dem is caught with his hand in the cookie jar or a little boy's pants.

THEOLDMAN

Not Sure ayon kay ...

A lot like npr's political reporting, only without the truth nugget at the end.

MayBee ayon kay ...

Hahahahhaha! Great catch, Althouse.

(do I need to make any comments about this article in the NYT vs the accusations about Trump making the lady poison her husband wit fish tank cleaner?)

Iman ayon kay ...

I’ve got a few suggestions on what NPR can do with their Christmas tree.

Assistant Village Idiot ayon kay ...

That used to be the Euell Gibbons shtick: "Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible." Steve Allen did a great send up of this, ripping the seat off a bicycle and stuffing it in his mouth.

PM ayon kay ...

That's the kindergarten version of Med ad disclosures.

Leland ayon kay ...

The same news organization claimed Trump told people to inject bleach and that a common (OTC drug in most of the world) is worse than covid.

ken in tx ayon kay ...

I'm pretty sure it was Johnny Carson who did the Euell Gibbons sent up with a bicycle.

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