Rewriting

[Joel S. Berson]

Paraphrasing Rupert and James Murdoch:

"This newspaper is closed until further notice! I am shocked, shocked
to find that telephone hacking and payoffs for news tips from the
police are going on here!"

A man obviously a plainclothes detective walks up to them and hands
them a brown manila envelope.

"Your information, sirs."

"Oh.  Thank you very much. ... Everybody out at once, before next
Sunday's edition."

With apologies to Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch.

Joel

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