While those in warmer climes might be able to walk/drive/take public transit that isn’t as frozen as your pipes are going to be at 3 am, and visit an old time “library” where they can creak open the rusty relic known as an “encyclopedia”, we Snownarök-bound (thanks, Fruit Cup!) P-towners will need to find a […]
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From the New York Times Dept. of Corrections
Good… to… know. GET IT RIGHT, NEW YORK TIMES!!via
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The FOODday Situation
Last spring, I very publicly called the Oregonian to stop FOODday delivery to my house. I’ve kept quiet about FOODday since then because I was a bit sheepish to admit that, like a terrible rash, the FOODday returned. The paper stopped its delivery for a couple months but then the FOODday came creeping back. I’ve […]
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Bill O’Reilly Is an Umbrella-Wielding Wuss
Last night, a community organizer in Wisconsin tries to ask FOX News anchor Bill O’Reilly a simple, factual question—and found himself at the business end of O’Reilly’s umbrella. O’Reilly then tries to have him arrested. Bitch broke his umbrella! Thank you, RightWingWatch.
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OR Court Rules Bloggers ≠ Journalists
This week, an Oregon Federal court ruled that bloggers or any type of new media journalists do not qualify for the same protection rights as journalists working for a more traditional news entity (ie: newspapers, radio, TV stations). This ruling developed from a Oregon defamation case involving an investigative blogger, Crystal Cox, who refused to […]
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The Top 10 Most Yahoo’ed Things of 2011
The year isn’t over yet, but Yahoo has released their top 10 list of most searched items for the year. I don’t know anyone who uses Yahoo to search for things anymore, but apparently those who do are all idiots. Take a look: 1. iPhone2. Casey Anthony3. Kim Kardashian4. Katy Perry5. Jennifer Lopez6. Lindsay Lohan7. […]
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“Cancer Patient Is Stunned By Woman’s Tasteless Joke”
So reads the headline of today’s Dear Abby column. It is a doozy. DEAR ABBY: I have been battling breast cancer and have been blessed to have a lot of support from family, friends and some awesome medical providers. My husband’s best friend and his wife socialize with us quite often, and the friendship is […]
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Infographic View on the News
The longer I work in news, the more I’ve solidified a secret passion: I love infographics. This one in particular – pieced together by GOOD, Column Five and the Pew Research Center – tackles news media in particular, specifically the public’s take on its role. GOOD and Column Five The results? Turns out Republicans are […]
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It’s Almost as Though They Had an Agenda
BoingBoing reports that the front page of the Washington Post this morning featured a nice big photo of an Oakland police officer bending down to pet a cute little kitty, just above a story about last night’s tear gassing headlined “Protesters wearing out their welcome nationwide.” The thing that really bugs the hell out of […]
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Occupy Portland: NOW What are the Commenters Saying?
After the police bureau issued their Occupy Portland “public safety update” yesterday (peppered with unverified reports of violence, poop buckets, and raw sewage flowing down the street), local news outlets naturally swarmed all over it. Local FOX affiliate KPTV regurgitated the police bureau’s claims, but actually included a lot of quotes from the occupiers. KATU […]
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Tear Gas, Take Me Away!
Watching cable news. Cable news hair just said this: “Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are making headlines. In Oakland police fired tear gas to calm down the crowd.” Apparently they’re using chamomile tear gas in Oakland. Not Fox. MSNBC!
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Pat Buchanan Isn’t Racist, but…
In an interview with Sean Hannity to discuss his new book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?, Buchanan expanded on part of the book’s premise, that America is “disintegrating” because “white America is an endangered species.” Though he claimed that minorities aren’t “bad for the country,” the America of 2041 Buchanan sketched […]