Other People's Riffs For The Week That Was:
Except If You Call Them Weenies: Fred Barnes, the executive editor of The Weekly Standard and a commentator for the Fox News Channel, said
the news media was overstating how easy the war would be and then panicking as fighting got rough. "The American people," he said, "are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press
are."
Memo To Fred Barnes: Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News Channel commentator had some advice for his viewers this week: "If you watch too much TV news coverage, your perspective can get
warped."
But What Do We Do With The Soldier Of Fortune Overruns?: Dennis Publishing has said it is sending Maxim, Stuff and Blender overseas to troops, while Hearst Corp. is sending
copies of Marie Claire to female GIs, and may soon start sending copies of Good Housekeeping.
That's Because He's Got No Spinach, You Marketing Genius: After introducing a line of
bread products bearing the name and likeness of Popeye and affiliated characters, Paul La Rocca, president of Animated Foods said: "Popeye knows that this may be his toughest fight in his 75 years- -
to gain the customer's attention in the bread aisle. Just like in every one of his seven hundred plus cartoons, Popeye knows he's in a tough spot. But, with the support of the many super heroes who
are his associates at Kroger, Popeye is more confident than ever that quality and freshness never packed such a punch!
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