media
Year's Most Doomed Deal: AMI Buying OK! Magazine
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/11 11:29AMHulu Is Up for Sale
Ryan Tate · 06/22/11 05:58PMBill Keller Still Talking Even Though His Opinion No Longer Matters
Hamilton Nolan · 06/22/11 02:05PMBoy, Those New York Observer Editorials Are Comically Bad
Hamilton Nolan · 06/22/11 12:02PM700 Layoffs at Gannett
Hamilton Nolan · 06/21/11 01:09PMWorld's First Scratch-n-Sniff Fashion Magazine Stinks
Maureen O'Connor · 06/20/11 03:18PMNews Corp. Will Make You Regret Ever Buying an iPad
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/11 01:57PMNBC Hates God
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/11 09:11AMPatriotic Americans everywhere rushed home from church yesterday afternoon in order to tune into the "U.S. Open" golf tournament, knowing that god, in his infinite beneficence, would understand that enthusiasm for the "U.S. Open" is part and parcel of doing His work. Imagine their shock, then, when the NBC broadcasting network failed to include the words "under god" in their introductory segment for the "U.S. Open"—which, naturally, was a sickeningly sweet montage of pseudo-patriotic images up to and including American soldiers toting around carefully folded U.S. flags, as schoolchildren reverently recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Sickeningly patriotic, yes; but not sickeningly religious. To recap: Innocent, golf-loving American children were subjected, against their will, to a television montage of relentlessly patriotic symbology that did not include the words "under god" in its rote reenactment of our national indoctrination rites.
Jon Stewart Uses Big Words on Fox News
Max Read · 06/19/11 03:03PMDaily Show host Jon Stewart entered the Fox News lion's den for the third time today, appearing on Fox News Sunday opposite Chris Wallace and having the exact same argument about the media that he had with... well, that he tried to have with Tucker Carlson back in 2004. It was infuriating! Not because of Stewart, who is an able if at times frustratingly conciliatory interlocutor, but because of Chris Wallace, who is a huge, silly boob. Above, Stewart tries to make a point, using big words; Wallace responds by showing a clip from Comedy Central's roast of Pamela Anderson. If you have the desire, or the patience, to wach the whole thing, you can find it here.
Comment of the Day: The Damn Liberal Media
Richard Lawson · 06/17/11 06:45PMEsquire to Be Sued for Making Fun of Birthers
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 02:42PMWhich Right-Wing Pundit Does Al Qaeda Want to Kill?
John Cook · 06/17/11 12:35PMOppressed Minority Keith Olbermann Finally Gets a Voice
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 12:11PMGov. Chris Christie Claims Fox News Chief as Confidential Adviser
John Cook · 06/17/11 11:03AMAndrea Peyser Already Misses That Weiner
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 08:33AMCelebs No Longer Have to Write Their Own Crappy HuffPo 'Blogs'
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/11 02:17PMPlayboy Proudly Advertises 'Runaway Bride' Issue
Maureen O'Connor · 06/16/11 01:15PMScaremongering Reporter Gets Award For Scaremongering
John Cook · 06/16/11 01:09PMCongratulations to Brian Ross, America's Wrongest Reporter, for winning a coveted Edward R. Murrow Award honoring his coverage of the Toyota unintended acceleration story. The award, oddly, is for "Video Continuing Coverage" rather than "Fostering Global Panic Based on Bullshit Story." Still, a Murrow is a Murrow, right? Let's go to tape.