October 2010
20 posts
“An article in Section A on Oct. 13 about Bell Councilman Lorenzo Velez referred...”
– Bell councilman an accidental hero by staying clear of corruption scandal - latimes.com
Man bites dog, for real. →
And journalism professors everywhere orgasm.
from theweekmagazine
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WatchNew Zealand host has a laugh over Sheila Dikshit’s name, proves himself to be a dickshit.
MSNBC: Keepin' It Real →
aatombomb:
… Dan Abrams, an NBC legal analyst and host of the now-defunct prime-time MSNBC show calledThe Abrams Report, was promoted to the position of MSNBC general manager. It was an odd move. Abrams had no management experience and had landed the job on the basis of writing a six-page memo about his plans for the network. It also helped that Abrams, like Griffin, was a Zucker...
Droid phone snatcher slips away despite manhunt,... →
When asked after authorities called off the manhunt whether the response fit the crime, Nielepko said, “I think the helicopter is what threw more attention to this.” He added that the response was both standard and appropriate.
“Whenever we see there’s a threat to public safety, we’re going to dedicate any resources we have to apprehend that person,” he said.
Q&A: Discoverer of Dead Gay Duck Sex | LiveScience →
Best. Headline. Ever.
BBC - No joke as Brazil clown tops votes for... →
heller:
“Tiririca survived a last-minute legal challenge to his candidacy amid evidence that he did not meet the literacy requirement for elected office.”
Clowns. First they rule the TV. Then your nightmares. Then Brazilian Congress.
WHAT NEXT?!?
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“I wrote Sarah Palin a letter last night about 2 in the morning. And I said:...”
– Fox News personality Glenn Beck, speaking on his radio show in September, as quoted in a New York Times magazine profile of him. (via officialssay)
Sports columnists told not to have loaded...
nyobserver:
Koblin in today’s paper has an astonishing piece about a new policy at Newsday that forbids sports columnists from using “loaded” language and “name-calling.”
This is a few months old, but if you haven’t seen it, you should probably read the whole thing. Through to the end.
Just saying.
Tumblr Staff: Queues at capacity →
So that explains it.
staff:
Later this week we’re pushing a complete overhaul of the Queue feature with some killer new functionality.
In the meantime though, the existing queue service is handling a volume of posts it was never designed for. To prevent it from becoming unstable and mis-publishing posts, we’ve decided the…
Hunter S. Thompson's application →
drewharwell:
As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity. If this is what you’re trying to get The Sun away from, then I think I’d like to work for you.
Hunter S. Thompson, Vancouver...
“In exchange for your long hours and tireless efforts you will be rewarded with...”
– Some desperate jaded soul at JournalismJobs.com
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Students Discover Classmate's Brain In Jar On... →
