Monthly Archives: December 2010
The Year In Review In Review
Haven’t had your fill of year-end reviews? Maybe these will strike your fancy. 1) From the New York Times style-chasing Thursday Styles: The 110 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2010 Representative sample: 1.Bedbugs. 2.Pee-wee Herman’s comeback. 3.Larry King’sfarewell. 4. … Continue reading
Piers Morgan And Keith Olbermann Have A Tweet Tooth
Some high-profile Twitterholics out there right now. Start with Gawker’s piece (via mediabistro) about CNN’s Larry King Livelier, Piers Morgan. CNN’s Piers Morgan Will Fight Almost Anyone on Twitter Are you bored? Try tweeting something mean at Piers Morgan, the British … Continue reading
Caught In Southie Catches Lightning
Good for Caught in Southie blogger Peter Gailunas. He caught on both locally and nationally in snowstorm-parking stories about Boston’s 48-hour rule on saving spots. Start with WBZ’s Keller @ Large piece on Wednesday night, in which Gailunas told the … Continue reading
Marina Abramovic Blushathon (IV)
The New York Times did its “The Arts in 2010” review on Tuesday, and smackdab below the predictable “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” action photo was this: With its costs and its casualties (including Christopher Tierney, standing above), “Spider-Man: Turn … Continue reading
The Tizzard Of Twenty-Ten
As in, all in a tizzy. The local weathernerds shifted into Snowpocalypse/Snowmageddon/Brrrricane gear, the NFL spiked the Philadelphia Eagles game, and Universal Hub’s French Toast Alert blinked orange. All for a measly 18 inches of snow. Regardless, there were plenty … Continue reading
NYT David Barstow Is Not The Son Of Robbins Barstow
Splendid reader Brendan Myers solved the Barstow question at the end of our previous post : If WikiPedia is to be believed, the New York Times David Barstow was born in 1963, making it impossible for him to have gone … Continue reading
Gecko v. Flo: Worst Media Smackdown Ever?
The folks at left-wingnut website AlterNet are all lathered up about the ongoing slapfight between the Geico gecko and Progressive Insurance spokesgal Flo, who’s annoying enough to be the 21st century Mr. Wipple Curent AlterNet headline: Cutesy GEICO Gecko’s Ad Fight … Continue reading
The Prevalence Of Humbug
In his latest piece, The Humbug Express, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addresses the imbalance between the right-wing media’s propaganda machine and that of the left wing. He starts out by recalling the original humbugger, Charles Dickens’ immortal Ebenezer … Continue reading