http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080222/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_debate_27 You’d think that a (pre-)Presidential contest between a strong woman and a charismatic black man would excite and enthuse me, but I’m heartily sick of both candidates already, and there’s another 9 months of this left to go. Hillary, plainly, is unelectable – she’s simply pushed too many buttons in the past, and wouldn’t […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_steroids_clemens_153 I’m not sure how baseball doping allegations ever became a story of national import, but here we are with a bumper crop of HGH headlines. The politicians involved seem to be loving both the limelight this engenders, and the glee of being able to accuse big name “heroes” of lying and cheating. A little […]
You Must Remember This – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/opinion/27falk.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print 2007’s underreported news stories. William Falk publishes a piece that simultaneously informs, scolds, and makes you chuckle. It was a year of miraculous events. President Bush invited Al Gore to the Oval Office for a friendly chat about global warming. France elected a president who likes and admires Americans. Eliot Spitzer discovered the virtue […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071223/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_no_news_3;_ylt=AmUmBG2JVrfs7B5R8uiPBwIE1vAI Another article bemoaning the TV writer’s strike, albeit this one at least tries to frame it in a social-and-industry-trend kind of way: “It’s not surprising that you’re not seeing news filling the gap caused by the writers’ strike,” said Robert Lichter, president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. “More and more, the […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gonzales_resigns_47;_ylt=AsstU4gw9sSgcOllMpnNU9EE1vAI Alberto Gonzales, the nation’s first Hispanic attorney general, announced his resignation Monday, driven from office after a wrenching standoff with congressional critics over his honesty and competence. Wow. In addition to leaving, the rats are also being thrown from the sinking ship. How soon before The Decider is left by his lonesome, as a […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/en_nm/lust_dc_1;_ylt=AnqliMwtcCFvm49Wss.O7OgE1vAI The Motion Picture Assn. of America’s ratings board cited the film’s graphic sexuality for its decision. A source said too many of the film’s sex scenes violated the ratings board’s unwritten rules (like the number of allowable pelvic thrusts, for example) to make an appeal possible. “The number of allowable pelvic thrusts“?! I love […]
BBC NEWS | Europe | Magazine retouches Sarkozy photo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/6959180.stm It’s disturbing that the media compulsion to digitally slim down celebrities has now spread to politicians. It’s nowhere near as disturbing, though, as the sight of Nicolas Sarkozy in his Y-fronts. *shudder*
For 10th time this year, child falls from Toronto balcony
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=a76eeee2-8ec7-41fb-b900-0087dd802861&k=87679 For 10th time this year, child falls from Toronto balcony I recognise the difficulty headline writers have in succinctly pr
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http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/1 “Real” journalist Maureen Dowd tries and fails to keep up with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert – the most trusted men in fake news. It shouldn’t be surprising that two observational comedians are able to pick out a lot of the Bush administration’s psychological quirks, but I’m consistently impressed with how many of their […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_on_en_ot/imus_protests_355 L’affaire Imus continues, as the American media prefers castigating easy targets to taking on the difficult ones. The double-take of the day originates in this article: On Wednesday, a week after the remark, MSNBC said it would no longer televise the show. CBS fired Imus Thursday from the radio show that he has hosted […]