Amid Gloom: 8 Fun Media Highlights for 2009
As I get ready to exit my office at Editor & Publisher, I find myself trying to ignore this sad end to the decade by focusing on some wild and crazy stories that I've covered here this past year.
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Bankers
It's estimated that the bonus pool of just one of these big banks would have been enough money to prevent or significantly delay foreclosure for all 2.3 million people who lost their homes last year.
Jon, Stephen, You're Off Track Lately
Recently Jon Stewart had right-wing fundamentalist Mike Huckabee on his show--for the third time! They had their usual cutesie conversation which see...
Beyond Apology for Christians at Christmas
Some of my best friends are straight.... Beyond Apology for Christians at Christmas God is starting to show. Usually that doesn't happen for at lea...
Who Is Hot And Who Was Blocked (Or Forgotten) At First White House State Dinner
The White House released the list of those attending the State Dinner honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. But it's not just India's night -- there are a lot of folks that could push other agendas in Obama Land.
Goldman Sachs' $500 Million Mea Culpa
It's truly touching that Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who recently said that his too-big-to-fail, Fed-backed holding company is doing "God's wo...
Friday Talking Points [101] -- Count Me With The Misfits
Whether or not Harry Reid ever gets his act together, the achievement of Nancy Pelosi getting healthcare reform legislation should stand on its own as an admirable political achievement.
Sean Hannity's Act of Neo-Contrition
Fox News host Sean Hannity did something many will call shocking, some will call phony and insincere, and I'll call, at the very least, uncharacteristic. He admitted that Jon Stewart was right
Jon Stewart's Oddly Uneducated Views on Climate Change
Stewart kept acting put out that addressing climate change won't be as simple as switching from buggies to cars. Steward always half jokes, but he's usually far more educated about what he's commenting on.
How Jon Stewart Killed Barackstar
The Obama administration, despite its hipster Flickr feed and weekly YouTube address, has presented a television-driven strategy, ceding a great deal of its street cred with the president's digital Millennial generation base.
Obama Won Last Year Only Because Stephen Colbert Dropped Out!
Barack Obama ended up beating John McCain rather easily one year ago, but Stephen Colbert didn't stay in the race for the White House or Obama could have really been in trouble (for a minute or two, anyway).
Addressing Global Warming: Can We Adapt? Should We Try?
How to confront future rising sea levels, droughts, intense heat waves, and other catastrophes stemming from continued global warming? We can try to mitigate, we can simply suffer, and we can try to adapt.
Lessons from Jon Stewart and the Green Tea Parties: Recast the Coalition for Climate Protection
This past weekend, people in 181 countries came together for what may have been the "most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history." But you wouldn't have known it here in the U.S.
Breaking: Fox News Spun Off to Viacom
Asked what she might need to do in order to make Fox News a better fit with the Comedy Channel formula, Viacom's MTV networks CEO, Judy McGrath replied, "Absolutely nothing."
Talk to Me
Selling a book, to me at least, feels an awful lot like flirting, and also kind of hand-holding, and also like being in an very committed relationship with many, many people at once.
NPR Gets in News Staff's Facebook
One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"
Free David Letterman! Newswitness News Cartoon Ep 2
The point is we gotta stop constantly judging other people's sex lives. Unless they produce an amateur sex tape. Then it's fair game. Until then leave Letterman alone!
After the Peace Prize, Give War a Chance
Afghanistan represents the opportunity for Obama to serve the American people brilliantly and, along the way, demonstrate that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
It's Chow Time at the White House, Brother
What gays and lesbians are looking for -- and will be marching for on Sunday -- is nothing special, and that's exactly the point. It's what every other American already has: equal treatment under the law
Google, Group Polarization, and Jon Stewart
Today wing nuts can easily go on Google and create their own hate-filled echo chamber. Therefore, Google, the king of search, is unintentionally aiding in group polarization.
Olympic Bid a No-Win Situation for Obama
But it is one hell of a leap to compare Obama's participation in Chicago's Olympic bid to his health care reform efforts.
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