The Buffalo Ruse on Buffalo Rising

Posted Saturday, February 7th, 2009 02:35 pm GMT -4 by Alan Bedenko. 9 comments

Awesome:

The founder and editor of BuffaloRising.com, a hard-hitting online newsmagazine that features unbiased restaurant reviews and stories written by reporters who ask the tough questions, Nussbaumer was observed by LAPD officer Frank Poncharello placing stickers on Los Angeles Times newspaper boxes that said “Why Waste Your $ On The LA Times When You Can Get All Of Your Real News For Free At BuffaloRising.com?” Witnesses say that when Poncharello asked Nussbaumer what he was doing, the haggard-looking assailant pulled out a Magnum .357 and pointed it at the officer, shouting, “I’m saving the world from bad journalism!” Before Nussbaumer had time to fire his gun, Poncharello’s partner, 32-year LAPD veteran Theo Kojak, wrestled the suspect violently to the ground and subdued him.

Officers responding to the scene were horrified to discover 7 dead bodies stuffed into the trunk of Nussbaumer’s Chevrolet Cracker. Six of the victims were managing editors of prominent U.S. newspapers and the seventh body was identified as Geoffrey Kelly, a contributor to a little-known weekly alternative newspaper in Buffalo called ArtVoice.

9 Comments

  1. Frank Poncharello.

    Hehe

    BBD

    Comment — Saturday, February 7th, 2009 02:41 pm GMT -4 @ 2:41 pm
  2. Dan wrote:

    The LA Times doesn’t have enough articles about Rusty Chain Beer, obviously.

    Comment — Saturday, February 7th, 2009 05:35 pm GMT -4 @ 5:35 pm
  3. Eisenbart wrote:

    What I find a little confusing is you giving BR a black eye because they gave someone else a black eye.

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 05:49 am GMT -4 @ 5:49 am
  4. The folks at Artvoice did nothing to BRO. BRO smacked Artvoice. I, in turn, am coming to the defense of my friends at Artvoice and smacking BRO for smacking Artvoice.

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 06:36 am GMT -4 @ 6:36 am
  5. Pauldub wrote:

    Media wars. Gotta love ‘em.

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 07:38 am GMT -4 @ 7:38 am
  6. Eisenbart wrote:

    Do two wrongs and three posts later really make a right though? I dunno, I don’t mean to offend anyone because I really don’t care all that much.

    I guess we needed a breather from every post turning into way left vs way right politics. =]

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 09:18 am GMT -4 @ 9:18 am
  7. Old / New Testament arguments are so 1999!

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 09:43 am GMT -4 @ 9:43 am
  8. JP wrote:

    and you people criticize the dems for intra-party warfare?!?!

    Then again, BR deserves it.

    Comment — Sunday, February 8th, 2009 12:36 pm GMT -4 @ 12:36 pm
  9. jen wrote:

    Relax people, it’s a bit of fun, that’s all. Geesh! BP didn’t even write the post, Buffalo Ruse did and Buffalo Ruse has been poking fun at a lot of local people. Love the “Double bird strike brings down hotel design,” my favorite headline so far.

    Comment — Monday, February 9th, 2009 10:05 am GMT -4 @ 10:05 am