Journalism: Thursday, Period 4, Class 8

Mar 05, 2009 07:29

"This week's topic isn't on your syllabus," Jonah said. The bell rang to officially begin the class before anyone could point out that he never handed any syllabi out. "But it's important to journalism, so we're going with it ( Read more... )

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Discussion [Class 8] trustshisbarber March 5 2009, 13:34:19 UTC
Figure out what story this photo tells. It doesn't necessarily have to be the story from the caption.

Feel free to ping off each other to flesh out a story.

[OOC: The caption, for posterity:

Two hostesses inspect the tea cup for Chinese President Hu Jintao at the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China will no longer wine and dine visiting heads of state at sumptuous banquets, cutting back the fare to just one soup, three dishes and no liquor, a senior official said Wednesday.
(AFP/File/Liu Jin)]

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] sonofmogh March 5 2009, 14:07:53 UTC
Worf studied the picture and assessed the situation. Incorrectly of course.

"Staff members of the Chinese government verify their tea service has not been tampered with poison."

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] swipedthatfoot March 5 2009, 14:57:39 UTC
"Dunno," Claire said. "It looks like the one girl is checking to see where the pitcher-thingie was made and her friend is nervous about it."

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] minnesota_teen March 5 2009, 15:45:49 UTC
"Looks like they're trying to figure out the price of tea in China."

Yeah, it's all she had. She was sick, give her a break.

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] spiritandsword March 5 2009, 15:55:38 UTC
"Looks like she's checking to see if the cup sprung a leak."

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] the_merriest March 6 2009, 00:45:33 UTC
"That's what I thought," Rikku agreed. "That there's a tiiiiiiny crack on one of the cups and they're looking for it."

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] robinthefrog March 5 2009, 23:01:44 UTC
"Secret messages hidden in china tea service."

I also came up with 'Search for Jimminy Cricket, missing since Monday continues. Feared squashed.' But it didn't seem in character for Robin.

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] carsexual March 5 2009, 23:05:59 UTC
"They're looking for a price tag? To, um, figure out if they can afford it in this new economy."

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Re: Discussion [Class 8] gameknowsgame March 6 2009, 02:26:35 UTC
"Women attempt to judge if the quality of the cups is worthy of the people it's being served to," Blair guessed.

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