27 Jul 2007

 
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Collision

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Two news helicopters from competing stations collided while chasing a fugitive resulting in 4 deaths. The police want criminal charges for the thief in the deaths. Yeah, the schmoe is personally responsible for the media's interest in cheap thrills, and the lack of air control for helicopters.

Meanwhile, secretly... some news exec is wishing he had another sky cam there to film the copter crash. Just think of those ratings.


 
 

03 Jun 2005

 
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Spelling Bee kid does Napoleon Dynamite impersonation

That's two great Big Media hacks in one week. First, Anil Dash wears a goatse t-shirt for his NYT photo op, and now this... Ah, to be 13 and on television...

(Warning: If you just moved out of a cave, found an Internerd connection and don't know what goatse is, consider yourself warned. Once you see goatse, you can never unsee goatse.)


 
 

23 Mar 2005

 
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The unexamined life...

Okay, stop what ya doin', 'cuz I'm about to ruin... your productivity. Here's two fun quizzes to help you learn more about yourself:

Which New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Are You?

or, for those who gots dey edumacation on da STREET:

What Kind of Thug Are You?

How is it possible for me to be both Bob Herbert and Chris Rock at the same time? Hmm...

Via Erica and her sis.


 
 

05 Jan 2005

 
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AJ Luna: Media Darling

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My nephew AJ (okay, Sarah and Alex, too) made the Rockford Fishwrapper today.


 
 

15 Dec 2004

 
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Best. Headline. Evar.


 
 

19 Sep 2003

 
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"TWO LOVELY LADIES..."

Believe it or not: I was one of them. It may not be Time Magazine...but it's something!


 
 

03 Apr 2003

 
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Stupid questions from San Jose

I have a "Lincoln" $5 bill. How do I find out how much it is worth?

via obscure store


 
 

03 Jul 2002

 
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TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LOS ANGELES HERALD EXPRESS (1936-1961)

An exhibition curated by Diane Keaton for the Los Angeles Public Library September 1999

The captions are almost as good as the photography:

Maybe, just maybe, everything will turn out all right and Karen Tompkins, 11, missing since Friday, will find her way back to safety; but perhaps, authorities say, it is too much to hope.



via consumptive.org


 
 

07 Jun 2002

 
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Beijing Evening News prints Onion story

Ha-ha!

via The Morning News


 
 

05 Sep 2001

 
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Shock Discovery: American Satire is Funny

Seems the Brits have got wind of the Onion...


 
 

16 Aug 2001

 
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Real World lesbian shocker!

Apparently the Sun-Times has become rather obsessed with the Chicago Real World kiddies. They've even got an email address for sightings. I propose that be begin bombarding them with email after email, exclaiming that we've just seen a Real World-er walking on North Ave.!