(We’re not musicians, but we’re making quick, first-take songs from pull-quotes — verbatim astonishments from the day’s news — because we thought it would be good dumb fun, and you gotta do something to leaven this heaviness. We started Feb. 17, 2017.)
This page archives the videos, quotes, sources, and links for Notely News songs 001–020. Here’s the entire effort, or follow along on Facebook, Instagram, or the Twitter.
YouTube playlist of songs 020–001, quotes and sources are below.
“Certainly, I’m the underdog. But in a special election, energy is everything”
20170308 — from Richard Fausset and Jennifer Steinhauer’s piece for the New York Times’ “A Democrat in Conservative Georgia Rides Opposition to Trump”
“Mr. Grassley, raising his voice, accused Mr. Franken of having asked Mr. Sessions a ‘gotcha question,’ and the two briefly shouted over each other.”
20170307 — Pull quote from Charlie Savage and Eric Lichtblau’s piece for…