Goodbye, Dolly

Powderhorn · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:18 pm

What's the over-under on how many papers will use this head over their story about the cloned sheep being euthanized?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:24 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Pete Hahnloser:
What's the over-under on how many papers will use this head over their story about the cloned sheep being euthanized?<hr></blockquote>We've caught it in time. Make sure it doesn't happen.

jjmoney62 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:12 pm

Right.It should be:
Well, goodbye, Dolly

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:20 pm

So far, only Slashdot. But the night is young.

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:05 pm

Ailing Dolly, First Cloned Animal, Is Euthanized***Perfectly Good Word, 'Killed,' Is Euphemized***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:54 am

By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer LONDON - Dolly the cloned sheep was put to death Friday, ....***OK.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:59 am

More returns on "Goodbye Dolly":UPI, New York Daily News, London Times,Also the Web sites AgWeb, Wired, WMAQ-TV, WTVJ, Canada.com, BBC, CBS News
12:58 a.m. 2/15/03

Bumfketeer · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 1:20 am

Arrgghh. I did a pre-emptive strike here and banned it before the story arrived.

jmcg · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 6:34 am

OK. First the heds and ledes.
Now the play. Hope no paper put
in out on page one, or, for that
matter, gave it a more than a graphs
inside. And no quotes. ... How's
it look on that score, blanp and co.?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 8:43 am

Richmond Times Dispatch, Toronto Star, The Mirror (U.K.), Yorkshire Post (U.K.

jmcg · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:23 pm

Let's not forget the Albany Times Union,
and its page one photo. Sigh.

Guest · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:36 pm

Ouch ... any knowledge of the process by which this travesty came about? Did someone up high ramrod it through as a bizarre "bright"?

jmcg · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:57 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Jim Thomsen:
Ouch ... any knowledge of the process by which this travesty came about? Did someone up high ramrod it through as a bizarre "bright"?<hr></blockquote>Ask Bumf. He works on that side of the room there.

Bumfketeer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 16, 2003 5:05 pm

Actually, it was put out front as a death refer, like we would do with a human celebrity who croaked.I don't make these decisions. But it didn't bother me too much that it was there.

SusanV · **Posted:** Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:16 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Bumfketeer:
Actually, it was put out front as a death refer, like we would do with a human celebrity who croaked.I don't make these decisions. But it didn't bother me too much that it was there.<hr></blockquote>The WashPost did the same thing, actually, but I note that Blanp didn't cite it in his roster. At least the story avoided it.

jjmoney62 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:54 am

Maybe the death of Dolly was more interesting, newsworthy and of interest to a wide range of readers than the other stories considered for Page 1.

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