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In light of John DeGroot’s essay-rant on Plight of the Poor stories yesterday, I must bring attention to the Miami Herald website this morning, where this “Miami Herald Wish Book” story is leading the page. The headline: “Readers Make Holiday Wishes Come True.” And the Herald’s photograph, reproduced above, not includes a wheelchair (which DeGroot all but predicted for us) but also a cute, cute dog. Brilliant is all I can say.
The Sun-Sentinel also got in the act this morning, with a front-page-dominating package about an aging volunteer who needs a ride to the halfway house where he does good works for “young criminals.”
And filling up about half of the Palm Beach Post’s front page was this tear-jerker was a bit more news-oriented. It’s about slain BSO Deputy Chris Reyka’s family coping with their loss and includes a plea for donations to the Sheriff’s Foundation of Broward County.
So, after much deliberation, the Pulp’s first annual “Thanksgiving Day Weeper Award” goes to … the Miami Herald. Putting it over the top (literally and figuratively) wasn’t the Disney-inspired headline or the crucial wheelchair shot. It was the dog.
We know, however, this is only the beginnning. The holiday season has just begun. To the Sentinel and Post, I suggest that they give us, in the spirit of Bruce Dickinson, more wheelchair.
