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Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation
02/25/09 06:00 PM
Dan - No offense, but "most viewed content on JTA.org in its history" is hardly the level of notoriety that makes something an accepted pop-culture reference. Awards-show writers probably don't assume any significant level of familiarity with what goes on the front page of the New York Times; they're certainly not "digging" into the top stories from JTA. I think if you'd written this post more as "oh, how cute would it be if..." then it'd seem like it was coming from the land of reality. But to assert it outright is kind of spacey.
Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation
02/24/09 04:40 PM
Dan - I doubt she was referencing the Agriprocessors raid. More likely, she was just making what we in the biz refer to as "a joke."
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