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A joke that's close to the truth

Blogs by Jo Francis
01 April 2009
Printer's Devil

Given the number of newspapers that have actually ceased publication of late, or have moved their content entirely online, some might say that today's April Fool's story in The Guardian is a bit too close to the truth for comfort.

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