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Yuri Victor

Contributing editor

Joined: 27 Oct 2004

Posts: 248

Location: Times of Northwest Indiana

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:06 pm

Wait. Salads are unhealthy?

Paul Wallen

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Joined: 27 Mar 2004

Posts: 292

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:06 pm

Actually, I hear McDonalds is skipping right past the news magazines and negotiating with God for a cover ad on the Bible. Wink

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Paul Wallen

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Joined: 27 Mar 2004

Posts: 292

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:11 pm

I would have made the flag read "The Daily McPaper."
Maybe with a little Ronald McDonald cutout?
Just sayin', would have been a nice touch.
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Denise Covert

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Joined: 25 Jun 2005

Posts: 399

Location: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:14 pm

Billy Simkins wrote::

My point was where does it stop. When do you say the ad takes away from the news? How far do you go to make a buck?

C'mon, readers don't view the front page as "sacred" like we do. Many subscribe on Sunday only to get the circulars.

What you're really upset about is the fact that papers are trying to do more with less and less money, and the encroachment of ads in places where they weren't before is a signal of the eventual downfall of newspapers.

But as long as it can stave off one more layoff, as Martin put it, I'm for it. Don't get too riled up about stuff readers couldn't care less about.

BTW: That salad is NASTY. All white iceberg lettuce -- nothing like the picture.
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Yuri Victor

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Joined: 27 Oct 2004

Posts: 248

Location: Times of Northwest Indiana

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:33 pm

Healthy eating:

Unhealthy eating:

The difference is all the difference.

nicole bogdas

VizEds Moderator

Joined: 14 Mar 2004

Posts: 748

Location: Palm Beach Post

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:30 pm

Yuri, you make me laugh.

I think we all agree that ads on the front are coming and staying, at least we should be able laugh about it. The sooner we get over our anger, the happier we'll be.

Just make the best damn paper possible. Everyday.
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Mark A. Dodge Medlin

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Joined: 18 Dec 2004

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Location: San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:36 pm

This is a surprisingly attractive ad, especially given the advertiser. I'm no fan of front-page ads, but I don't think they're the end of the world, and as that particular subspecies goes, this is a good one.
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Dave Dombrowski

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Joined: 03 Nov 2004

Posts: 103

Location: Madison, WI

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:55 pm

It's a tasty salad, too. I just had one and it was just like the picture. I balanced out the helath benefits of the salad with crispy chicken on top.

And I'd rather have that ad on my front page than run advertorials pretending to be news stories. That's the stuff that ruins credibility, not obvious adverstisements - on the front page or anywhere else.

Dave Shutton

Contributing editor

Joined: 07 Jul 2004

Posts: 162

Location: Norfolk, VA.

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:52 pm

It's an ad for a salad, not a Big Mac. I've been in newsrooms for years and seen people pound down the greasy food, so complaints about this as strike me as rather elitist. C'mon guys.
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Jim McBee

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Joined: 10 Mar 2004

Posts: 929

Location: Fayetteville, N.C.

Posted:
Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:05 pm

Wringing our hands over the desecration of A1 isn't going to save any jobs.

Plopping ads on A1 (or making them funny shapes or whatever gimmick) isn't going to save any jobs.

The troubles we face run much deeper than any of that. Hell, the short-sighted, money-grubbing aspect of doing business is a warm, familiar constant by comparison.

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