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Random advice: For The New Yorker

Robert Niles
By Robert Niles
Published: July 15, 2008 at 4:26 PM (MST)
If you'd just added a fake "Fox News" chyron to the bottom of the cover, you wouldn't have ticked off half your readership and be energizing the racist wing of the Republican Party right now.

Ya gotta source everything, even satire. 'Cause if you don't, readers will assume the POV is yours.

Robert Niles also can be found at http://www.themeparkinsider.com

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