We know there’s nothing new under the sun. Ditto on the Internet. <
FONT color=#003399>Newspaper Wit and Wisdom turns out to have been around for years with minor variations
and some additions, i.e.: “The Seattle Times is read by people who spill coffee all over it.” But the
basic list was posted on Sept. 17, 2000, as Print Media Explained. That seems
to be the earliest posting. It was posted again, four days later, as Ever Wonder Who’s Reading What? In October of
that year The Nation magazine took note of it as Readership Survey (second item down), and it has
popped up ever since on more blogs than I care to count. Tom Magliozzi even read it on the air on “Car Talk” back in March 2002. The next thing you
know it will turn up in Bush campaign ads.