On Saturday, 30 December 2017 14:32:32 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 30/12/17 12:55, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > [2nd random OT factoid] > > It's the "world series" because the first sponsor was a newspaper "News > > of the World" iirc (plus some typical US bravado) > > Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally > perfectly legit.
I don't agree. In that case it should have been called the New York World Series. > As usual, however, things change, meanings change, and now it gives > completely the wrong impression. All true, alas. > [3rd random OT factoid] > The News Of The World was a British tabloid A Sunday "newspaper", popularly known as the Screws of the World - no hardship guessing why. I can't imagine how they managed to sell a single copy. > which shut down after the phone hacking scandal - a lot of their stories > were obtained by hacking into celebrities, politicians, royals voicemails, > and while it was very hard to prove it was also blatantly obvious that > journalists were acting under pressure, if not actual orders, from the > very top. They had it coming, didn't they? -- Regards, Peter.
