THE MORNING AFTER POST
exists not only to entertain,
but to inform as well.
This index will help you use
the Post as a learning tool.

FUN AROUND THE NEWSROOM
These are all stories about the place the Post bureaus should never report on- their own newsrooms. Yet, somehow, many of the stories in the Post are about what reporters do behind the scenes. So, enjoy.

• Post Reporter Staples Something to a Co-worker's Forehead
• Post Copy-Editors Fired
• Post Reporter Writes While Intoxicated
• Post Page Designer Killed by Copy-editor
• Post Reporter Accused of Sexual Harrassment
• Other Post Reporter Accused of Sexual Harrassment
• Disgruntled Post Employees Form Conspiracy to Sabotage
• Post Reporter Strangles a More Successful Co-worker
• Post Reporter Accused of Identity Theft
• Post Reporter Questions Co-worker's Frequent Illnesses
• Post Reporter Puts Co-worker Into Coma
• Post Reporter Hits Boss with a Hammer
• Post NY Newsroom Recovers from Sabotage
• Post Reporter Has Meltdown Over His Divorce
• Post Reporter Blows Off End-of-Week Assignment

While much of the Post follows proper journalistic form, it also could not exist without deviating from those core principles.
(like the capitalized headlines- Post editors just think Post stories are more important)
The MAIN ASSIGNMENT when reading any Post "article" is to ask yourself, "What rules are the reporter (character) breaking?"

Read the selected article
& answer the questions provided.
Email your answers to your professor.
1-A ~ 1-B ~ 1-C
2-A ~ 2-B ~ 2-C
3-A ~ 3-B ~ 3-C

As absurd as much of the content of The Morning After Post is, it doesn't hold a candle to the absurdity and bias of the "real" news.
Some of the Post's stories will be followed by the "Why It's Not Funny" icon.
Click on it to see a "real" news story that already mocks itself with weak reporting, oblivious newsmakers or some other absurdity.

• Find five examples of conflict of interest in the Morning After universe. Discuss.
• Find two examples of self-censorship in Post stories. Write a paragraph descibing the reporter's conflict.
• Choose a Post story that involves a real-life celebrity or politician and write a brief essay as to why we shouldn't get sued for defamation of character or copyright infringement.

Re-edit all of the stories on the page back into one story, based on the premise that the police or reporters were doing their jobs properly.

• Scranton Strangler Kills Scranton Slasher
• IJI Accused of Creating Epidemic
• FedEx Causes International Incident
• Post Manhattan Reporters Suspended for Computer Porn
• Post Loses Colomnist to Suicide
• Democratic Debate Goes Awry
• Post Reporter Recovers from Coma
• Identity Theft on the Rise
• CREED Reunion Ruined by Streaker
• Olympic Highlights
• Captain Obvious Strikes Again!
• Nothing Happened Friday
• Bring Back My Truck, Louie!