From “Jackson dies, almost takes internet with him” at CNN last week: How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it’s just one — if that one is Michael Jackson. The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the [...]
Posted by Deb in Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Journalism, News/Media, Oddly Enough, Technology, You have got to be kidding on June 29th, 2009 | Comments Off
This is what happens when the press visits: they come, say g’day, take some video and then disappear. Many moons later, you suddenly find yourself on You Tube. Well, they spelled my name wrong, but the video is still pretty good. (Don’t worry, I’m as shocked as you are at how good I sound. They [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Film, News/Media, Oddly Enough, Organics, That which is awesome on October 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s hard for me to tell how prominent a story like this is, but I’ve been reading a lot about ABC’s terrible conduct of the April 16th Democratic presidential debate. The questions were trivial and slanted, the candidates were shocked at their banality, and by the end of the show even the audience had turned [...]
Posted by Chris in News/Media, Politics on April 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I can’t embed the video – maybe Chris can – but here’s a link to the Fox17 newscast about the whole Jeopardy! thing.
Posted by Deana in Fun, News/Media, Plain foolishness, Television, Would you like to play a game?, You have got to be kidding on June 21st, 2007 | Comments Off
By way of Jaime: A dear friend of mine has just entered a contest called “The Search for the Next Public Radio Star.” I realize this is a bit of an oxymoron, but suffice it to say that there is definitely a subculture (of which I am a member) in which working on public radio [...]
Posted by Chris in Art, Community & Activism, Journalism, News/Media on May 16th, 2007 | Comments Off
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