Tag: media
Dilemma of a tabloid writer.
For those of you in the business of being inspired, getting relevant news and being sufficiently titillated- I have some bad news. No one cares anymore.
Why? Because suddenly google equals truth. Which in a roundabout way means that the...
Rick Sanchez asks Sen. Ensign about affair
CNN's Rick Sanchez has earned a reputation for eschewing cable news orthodoxy, particularly the blind-deaf-and-dumbness that passes for "objectivity" among those of his less competent colleagues who so readily let their guests get away with talking a great deal...
Tabloid Sleaze and the players that make it!
It's a tabloid media frenzy out there and as much as you curse yourself, you the enlightened, sophisticated neophyte can never get enough of it. Tiger Woods is a slut, Jon Gosselin a fat philanderer that slams college girls and let's...
Soul searching after party crashing.
Dilemmas and heartbreak in Washington.
After much head-scratching and conferring, we have arrived at the conclusion that the definition of party crashing is to show up at a party without an invitation.
In the light of this epiphany, we are beginning...
Trauma in Uganda. Pastors that don’t like gays and other deviations.
If you are going to lead your life in the public eye, you have to be careful with whom you associate yourself.
Rick Warren, the pastor who delivered the invocation at Obama's inauguration, has come under fire once more for...
The Descent of Modern Theater.
In it simplest form, theater is the idea of relaying a story between actors and an audience. Its appeal until now has been its ability to transform audiences and actors alike, as well as challenge notions and to offer...
Leftover Turkey vs. Tiger Woods’ Accident.
The sports worlds’ first billion-dollar boy Tiger Woods (or almost billionaire athlete depending on your sources) was injured in a car crash in the early morning hours the day after Thanksgiving.
Early reports rendered the star...
Victoria Secret Runway Show Great Success For Fat, Rich, Men.
Blowing money as scantily clad ubermodels blow kisses. Keeping it simple in America.
Unfortunately for us, our request to cover last night’s Victoria Secret’s fashion collection at the Lexington armory fell upon deaf ears. We think we know now why....
The Crash of the Paparazzi Economy is Here.
When the price of your favorite celestial misfit is plummeting.
It looks like it may be time for America to collectively start weeping in their collective napkins with the release of the sobering news that the market value of photos...
New York Times: Douche Works, Fat Chick is Out.
Thanks to Gothamist for bringing this to light.
Last week, the story broke in the New York Times on a young man whose facebook status saved his neck in court by providing a hilarious alibi. However, the use of the...
Violence in Advertising and why it sells.
If one pays attention to the type of advertising that has increasingly become de rigeur in society, more and more one will notice that advertisements are becoming increasingly loaded with the insinuation of violence against men or women. From...
Reduce, Reuse, Real Housewives.
Trying to figure out which reality works.
Look out, NYC. The Real Housewives of New York City are in the middle of filming their third season. Naturally, the PR machine that provides the elbow grease to facilitate and ease the...
Who really shot the Fort Hood killer?
Oh, it does confuse us when we don't know who to put on a pedestal.
As much as we all really liked the idea of a slightly-built mother taking down the Fort Hood shooter, despite having been shot three times...
Fox regular announces that Katie Couric looks too Chinese.
When you don't look American enough life can be miserable...
Looks like Katie Couric is back on the receiving end and we only hope you're lapping it all up, because from where we stand the spilled porridge looks awfully delicious...
Lou Dobbs feared Xenophobe leaves CNN.
Being hated in return.
Last night's departure of Lou Dobbs from CNN marks the end of a 30 year career as well as a media station giving weight to a madman with ulterior motives. It's one thing to report news...
