Watch this mind-boggling segment from Keith Olbermann and begin your conspiracy-theorizing.
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Facebook Complicates Horman Case
Judging by the sneering tone of this blog post, Gawker blogger Adrien Chen does not find the following evidence compelling in the case of missing Portland second-grader, Kyron Horman, but I’m not so sure. Site I’ve never heard of before, MomLogic, thinks Horman’s parents’ Facebook usage suspicious, saying: Kyron’s stepmom has gotten criticism for posting […]
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Should Newspapers Show Pictures of Drag Queens?
The Tri-City Herald ran a large photo of a “professional drag queen” on its front page. At least one reader is upset… Does the editor who made the call have a tabloid mentality or does this person believe there was some social redeeming value to the photo and caption? Was there any “reader take away” […]
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Today’s Facebook Op-Ed
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief of Facebook, has an op-ed in the Washington Post today, addressing the hordes of pissed off people seriously considering taking down their FB profiles in the wake of yet another round of complicated privacy setting changes: The challenge is how a network like ours facilitates sharing and innovation, offers control […]
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BREAKING: Oregonian Editorial Page Editor Bob Caldwell In Jail This Morning On A DUI
Caldwell is yet to return a call for comment. CALDWELL: EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR OF THE PAPER OF RECORD Caldwell is the editorial page editor who defended endorsing a candidate for state senate last year without calling any of her would-be opponents. Editor Peter Bhatia referred us to publisher Chris Anderson for comment—Anderson is on a […]
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A Look Back At A Gaming Magazine From 1997
It’s 4:19 AM and I decide to organize my closet. “Dump all this excess crap,” I think to myself. “You’ll be able to find things when necessary,” I imagine. “Did I take a bunch of meth?” I begin to wonder. Moments after I start the task though, it all falls apart. I stumble upon a […]
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Dan Rather On Portland: Center Of Child Sex Trafficking, Also…It’s The Mercury’s Fault
Score one for those fed up with the national media fawning over Stumptown. Dan Rather’s report on Portland as a hub for child prostitution repeatedly contrasts Portland’s status as a “model city” with its…er…other reputation. Hey, you remember Rachael Marcus’s story “Confessions of A Teenage Prostitute?” Well…Dan Rather just picked it up for the Huffington […]
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Matt Davis Never Makes Mistakes…
…however, other British news people do, as is evidenced by this funny/adorable BBC blooper reel. This just in: meat cleavers are far more dangerous than beanbag chairs!
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“Being Hated Pays My Bills”: An Exclusive Interview with Spencer Pratt
This Friday Matt “The Law” Lindland, Olympic wrestler and former Republican nominee for the House of Representatives, will be facing off in the Rose Garden against “King” Kevin Casey. Casey is an up-and-coming fighter in the MMA (mixed martial arts) who earned a brown belt under Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend, Rickson Gracie. Exuding extreme intensity over […]
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“There is No ‘Walt Greenberg Award’ in Yo-Yo”
Unpaid interns could have easily prevented this nonsense with a thorough Googling. It’s really what we do best. Kenny Strasser, aka K-Strass, aka Fire of My Loins tricked five Midwest television stations into giving him their precious airtime and then he just basically shit crazy all over the place. Clearly, they were blinded by his […]
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Portland’s Former Bishop Makes NYT
PEDO-BISH: ONCE A PORTLAND BISH I like to think there’s an angel singing a song in heaven, every time the New York Times covers something other than Portland’s sustainable vegan rug weaving scene. It’s been a good few weeks for negative East Coast coverage in general, what with the Reed College hoo-ha over Renn Fayre, […]