Slate V parody urges people to buy a paper, feed a journalist
Jim Romenesko’s media newsletter today links readers to a Slate V video parody likening the plight of journalists to children featured for years in Sally Struthers’ “Save the Children” TV ads.
Romenesko reports:
Slate has created a Sally Struthers-esque commercial for BuyOneAnyway, “a foundation that encourages people like you to purchase newspapers daily even though no one wants to read them anymore.” The narrator tells us that “for just pennies a day you can clothe, feed and shelter newspaper professionals” and that “once payment is made we’ll send you the name, bio and snail mail address of the newspaper professional your donations are supporting.”
During the parody, the narrator says:
“I won’t even skim the headlines, but it’s good to know a copy editor in Nebraska will have something warm to eat tonight…”
Steve Parker is the deputy managing editor for news, and oversees the Post-Dispatch's front page. STLtoday's online news editors are on his newsroom team. Parker has been at the paper since September 1980. 
Let ‘em eat cake…