Dec
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A day in the life of a dish
The pledge drive is over, but the light workload continues. Today’s Daily Dish consists of:
Headlines: 34 words.
Quotes from Democratic Underground: 7 words.
Quotes for yet another whatever-award nominee: 46 words.
Quotes from newspaper articles: 330 words.
Quotes from a BBC listener in a call-in show: 61 words.
“Original” content: 765 words.
Original content: 60%, CTRL-C/CTRL-V: 40%.
Update: Likely challenged by our analysis, Andrew added many posts this morning. Survey says:
Headlines: 46 words.
Quotes from newspaper articles: 60 words.
Quotes for yet another whatever-award nominees: 959 words.
Original content: 331 words.
Slyblog said,
December 15, 2003 at 20:04
Working hard or hardly working?
Sadly, No! on getting your money’s worth at the Daily Dish….
Pandagon said,
December 16, 2003 at 0:01
Earn That Money, Honey
Sadly, No! shows you exactly what you’re getting for your dollar over at the Daily Dish. I suppose I should have given this the Garrison Keillor Award, based on something Keillor said five years ago as a throwaway comment…but I…
K A L B L O G said,
December 16, 2003 at 5:01
Fundraising Drives
While hiking, I stayed at the Kincora Hikers’ Hostel, run by a kind man named Bob Peoples. When asked why he does not charge guests, he said that he runs his hostel as a hobby, and that his goal is…
Bailey said,
December 16, 2003 at 9:26
Nice work if you can get it.