MEDIA WATCH: April Fool's joke was on Alexander Russo as most readers just yawned
The report by Brooklyn-based pundit Alexander Russo that he was going to take advantage of his Harvard education to become a Teach for America teacher was greeted as the April Fool's joke that it was by most of his readers. But the funny thing was that some readers took the claim as seriously as others often take the ponderous pundit's pontifications seriously. In addition to his "District299.com" blog, supported by the Chicago Tribune, Russo also pundits nationally.
