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Do you remember the famous newspaper headline: The Skibbereen Eagle has its eye on Russia? It dates from the end of the 19th century, and derives from a rather mad editorial that claimed a small local newspaper was going to, from now on, “still keep its eye on the Emperor of Russia and all such despotic enemies … of human progression and man’s natural rights”.
The editorial and its headline went around the world and into newspaper legend. To this day, journalists everywhere quote the Skibbereen Eagle — even though it ceased to exist a hundred years ago.
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