THAT’S the power of the press, Joe

Today I was looking at Will Sullivan’s Journerdism blog, and he linked to the funny Beastie Boys remix video featuring All the President’s Men, which I’d seen before. However… What I had not seen before was this Newsies ‘music video’ featuring Eminem!

It’s entirely embarrassing to admit, but ever since my dad came home from Blockbuster one night in 1992 with the Disney musical Newsies in tow, it’s been a favourite. I was 11 at the time… and am now more than a decade older. But I still love the movie which is about the New York newsboys strike of 1899. No joke, I can recite just about all the lines from this movie, including the intro text:

In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies.
Peddlin’ the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world.
On every corner you saw ‘em carryin’ the banner, bringin’ you the news for a penny a pape.
Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were a ragged army, without a leader.
Until one day, all that changed....

I also found a hilarious AnchorMan spoof: Will Ferrell auditioning for ESPN, the ubiquitous 24-hour American sports network. I love the part when he says, “Wait, it’s ALL sports? That will never work...”

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