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KEEPIN' IT FRESH IN CLAREMONT -

Taking a cue from Pasadena Now in the outsourcing of some local reportage to India, The Claremont Insider (also in California) is trying out the idea with their own Desi Correspondent, Anand Gupta, who gives it a spin in this special dispatch:

Greetings from Bangalore to all of our new readers. The Insider has contracted with Bangalore Poom Puhar News Source PLC to having us provide news of the luscious City of Claremont to its readership and to the World by means of the World Wide Web... Without further consternation, Here is today’s news of Claremont...

+ You'll laugh, you'll plotz, you'll tear your hair out! But: very entertaining, Anand! And gamely counteracts the dreaded MEGO Factor.

Yes, there's an amusing aspect to this, but there's a more serious aspect to it, also: much of this kind of news is strictly Snoozeville. And it wouldn't hurt for some publications to take another look at how they are covering this realm. Is it a Snooze? And, if so, could it be fresher?

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