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These papers, of course, were filled with the fun -- / The "Tribune", the "World", the "Times" and the "Sun", / Each gave to the facts a different hue, / And each one proclaimed its own statement true; / Their big black bulletins chalked o'er in white, / Gave all the "latest news" from morn till night; / Ofttimes, 'tis true, they made a huge blunder -- / "They must sell their papers -- 'tis no wonder!" / Plaster and whitewash is the stuff they use -- / The pen is but a trowel to abuse.
But why complain? at least 'tis unavailing; / Why, such mistakes are but reporter's failing; / If they won't fib what bounty can they crave? / We pay for what we want -- not what we have.