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The story you heard The New York Mets suffered a historic collapse at the end of the regular season and narrowly missed the playoffs. The Post summed it up thusly: “It’s never been more appropriate for a team to play in a city called Flushing.”
The story you didn’t American hopeful Patrick Chapin improbably lost to Israeli national Uri Peleg—his country’s first-ever champion—in the finals of the Magic: The Gathering World Championship at the Javits Center.
Why you didn’t Chapin made it through the semifinals in an exciting Dragonstorm vs. Dragonstorm mirror match, but the final two games at Javits were decided by Ignite Memories. He later lost 3–1 to Peleg. Yeah, it’s that boring.
What happened next The Mets haven’t done too much off-season rebuilding yet. Maybe they should’ve participated in the Johan Santana talks. For Chapin’s part, he needs to find a way to counter those Spinerock Knolls.
The story you heard Subway Romeo Patrick Moberg created a website to track down “the girl of his dreams,” an Australian chick who turned out to be an intern at BlackBook.
The story you didn’t Courtesy of a M4W on the Missed Connections section of Craigslist: “Hot cashier at Home Depot—you are the sexiest mature Latin cashier at Home Depot, always in tight jeans that makes your ass look so hot. I think you like to dance to rock & roll music.”
Why you didn’t Pers-5048xxxxx, perhaps not as articulate as Moberg and saddled with the additional handicap of not working for a media company, had more difficult obstacles to overcome before landing his fantasy woman. Where are you now, Good Morning America?
What happened next Moberg and his ladylove are still dating and making us want to throw up in our mouths—but will she love him when his 15 minutes are up? As for Pers-5048xxxxx, his Missed Connection is still missing. Guess she doesn’t like to dance to rock & roll after all.
The story you heard Media tyrant Rupert Murdoch finally makes the owners of the Wall Street Journal an offer they can’t refuse. Outcry dies down when the public is distracted by a new season of America’s Next Top Model.
The story you didn’t Murdoch’s News Corps bought Beliefnet, a website to help religious nutjobs make friends. This presumably gave the company a sales conduit for ecclesiastical merch.
Why you didn’t For the Australian bazillionaire, buying out the WSJ was a long time coming, but the purchase of a small Internet company—in the vast kingdom of Murdoch—seems, okay, totally insignificant.
What happened next The WSJ is well on its way to becoming a respected financial tabloid, but Beliefnet has yet to become a profit-turning behemoth. We’ll let God be the judge of this one.
The story you heard A media firestorm ignited when a noose was hung on the door of Columbia Teachers College professor Madonna Constantine.
The story you didn’t Filipina teen Marie Stefanie Martinez was beaten on a city bus for “looking Chinese.” The driver turned a blind eye and told her to “see a priest.”
Why you didn’t Hate crimes make for gripping news, but Martinez’s story just wasn’t sexy enough, we guess.
What happened next The MTA is investigating the bus incident, with a lawsuit pending. The damage is done, though, and Martinez may never enjoy the pleasures of public transportation again.
