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.
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.
Read the "article" & answer the questions. Email your answers to your professor.
1-A 1-B 1-C
2-A 2-B 2-C
3-A 3-B 3-C
- Find five examples of conflict of interest in the Morning After universe.
- 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
FUN AROUND THE NEWSROOM
- Impact of Split-Screen Interviews
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Americans' Inability to Moderate Toxic Corporate Food-stuffs
- Porn in the Workplace
- The Healthcare Disconnect
- Printing a Murderer's Words
- Liability of an Intoxicated Reporter
- TV Pundits Are Often Big Fat Hipocrits
- Corporate Synergy in the News
- "Made in America" Labels
- The Conservative Echo Chamber
- Waterboarding
- The Federal Bail-Outs
- Payola
- Where Your Gas Dollar Goes
- The Subprime Mortgage Crisis
- Freedom of the Press
- Semantics in the Media
- Importance of Copy-Editors
- Media Reform
- Interviewer Sensitivity
- Teleprompter Malfunction
- Radio Contest Dangers
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- How to Fire an Attorney General
- Scandalous Talkshow Hosts
- Sexual Harrassment
- Intelligent Design
- Your Electoral Process
- Computer Viruses
- Eminent Domain
- The Culture War
- Identity Theft
- Dangerous Video Games
- 2008 Primary Candidates
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 Copy-Editors Fired
- Post Reporter Staples Something to a Co-worker's Forehead
- 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
