Article in the New York Times about Fox News and how they photoshopped pictures of Times reporters.


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I don't think I can adequately express how much I hate reader comments, though. In my opinion, *that* is the story (and I'll read that Traister article as soon as I get a chance.) The mob mentality. The sheer unadulterated viciousness. I just absolutely hate it. I was reading a story on a newspaper website about a 29-year-old ( Read more... )

Check. It. OUT.

"I feel that this is artistically the strongest production in the three years," said Zimmerman.

Great balls of fire!

They're running an ad on NY1 right now--it features Shrek and the donkey from Shrek (I don't know his name, I've never seen the movie). The two creatures are exhorting kids to "be a player!" and to get up and go outside to play. I mean--they are actually running ads that tell kids to go outside and play. As a public service announcement. The ( Read more... )

McDonald's Wants You to Fuck Their Sandwiches

...Although I firmly believe that McDonalds is not advocating hot man on sandwich action, it is quite obvious that they did not do their homework on urban slang...

HOW??? did I miss this? I am literally laughing so hard I'm crying.

I'm watching CNN right now and there is a debate about college athletes and whether or not they're exploited. There is a guy who is actually advocating that NCAA athletes be paid. Oh. My. God. My eyeballs are about to roll right out of their sockets onto the floor. Spare me the fucking violins. Hey, if they want to get paid--go professional ( Read more... )

If there's one thing I hate about people who do not vote, it's the excuse that all the candidates suck. It smacks of every adolescent's excuse for apathy: once childhood has passed, and the imperfection of the world is revealed, cynical inaction is so much cooler and safer than actually trying to make a difference --- especially one that might ( Read more... )

Actual Newspaper Headlines or Journalism can be fun!1. Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Expert Says ( Read more... )

I'm reading a book right now called The Jews of Primetime by David Zurawik, about how Jews have been represented, by Jews (since there is a huge Jewish presence on the executives of network TV) and how they employed self-censorship either to supress Jewish themes or simplify them to easy jokes based on stereotypes. The secondary theme of this is ( Read more... )

Can I just say how much I despise Jermaine Jackson? He was on Larry King last night and made a complete ass of himself, in full denial mode. Everything Michael does is wonderful and above criticism; everyone who criticizes Michael is wrong and possibly racist; there is nothingnothingnothing suspicious whatsoever about anything Michael does, or ( Read more... )