News Sleuther Pillows

"Do you have a few unsubstantiated claims I can borrow?"

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

Joan Hickson

"That new drug causes flatulence."

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

Covidiom: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.

"Now here's my co-anchor, Nancy, with a conflicting account of that very same story."

"Let me through... I’m an armchair detective!"

How hit songs get their names

'OK... Technically you CAN touch your toes.'

School of journalism and politics.

'These days, it's hard to tell whom to trust - T.V. news, or your social network. . .'

'You forgot you list of possible side-effects.'

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

"Sorry for the delay in fulling your prescription. Since you brought it in there has been two new side effects we have to add to the label."

"Oh darn, there it is right there: side effects may include squid head."

"The butler did it!"

"It's a puzzling case, Watson. For all I know, the culprit could be staring me right in the face."

"Like WikiLeaks has nothing better to do."

'I got my grant to study why the word 'COOL' persists generation after generation'

'Let's go over it again: the cat is out cold, and the only clue is a little wet castle...'

Subtitle Guessing

Top Secret

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

Conflicting Reports

'Well you can tell Dr. Zimler that you don't have Dalnik's syndrome, and, in fact, I think you have Zimler's syndrome.'

'Wait! Tell me again about the 'excessive gas and oily discharge'?'

Reporter #2: plant.

Idea! Waste it on someone else. I know how I can spend my spare time now that my work hours have been cut. Citizen journalist. What did you know and when did you know it?! Oh brother.

Ok, who wants to break the story ofmy retirement as you journalism teacher, and who wants to be the anonymous source?

Reporter at a crime scene.

"Get all the information you can, we'll think of a use for it later."

Bored-again Christians.

'If I see one more quote from a source not wanting to be identified, I'm canning our company newsletter.'