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Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Courage Of Female War Correspondents
It’s never been easy for female war correspondents, but in the 20th century they mostly went unassailed in the course of their reporting (except for Martha Gellhorn, who actually had more to fear from Ernest Hemingway than the Spanish fascists or … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Streetniks Settle In
Leading indicators that the Occupy Wall Street movement isn’t going away anytime soon. • This PBS Newshour’s piece on Thursday night: • This piece from The Art Newspaper: Occupy Wall Street group looks to open arts space NEW YORK. A … Continue reading
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Tagged arts space, Occupy Wall Street, PBS NewsHour, The Art Newspaper
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Faye Dunaway’s New York Wrench-Control Apartment
Last summer the hardworking staff chronicled actress Faye Dunaway’s dustup in Manhattan housing court about whether she had sublet her rent-controlled Upper East Side apartment to her son, Liam Dunaway O’Neill. (See: My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet!) … Continue reading
Arianna Puffington
Lede of New York magazine’s puff piece on blogeteria queen Arianna Huffington: On a recent Sunday afternoon, Arianna Huffington, the 61-year-old editorial director of the newly merged AOL–Huffington Post, gathers a group of children around her on a white rug, … Continue reading
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Tagged AOL, Arianna Huffington, Blogeteria Queen, Huffington Post, New York
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Lying Politician Edition)
Interesting compare-and-contrast in the Boston dailies on the role of the press as political truth squad. The Boston Globe’s Political Intelligence blog reports Mission Accomplished for Team Romney in its first TV spot: WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney’s advisers are pleased … Continue reading
Don Imus Calls Newt Gingrich . . . Oh, Wait – Don Imus Is Irrelevant
The remains of Don Imus, whose syndicated radio show is simulcast on the equally emaciated Fox Business cable network, continue to rail against the political machine. Via Mediaite: Don Imus Calls Newt Gingrich ‘Disgusting’ And A ‘Fat, Repulsive Pig’ During … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Imus, Fox Business, Huffington Post, Inside Cable News, Newt Gingrich
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World Without Facebook
Via techPresident: Artist Ian Wojtowicz has created the UnFacebook World Map, a composite of the NASA Earth at Night map and Facebook’s Friendship Map (Click to enlarge.) Those were the days, eh?
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Tagged Earth at Night, Facebook, Friendship Map, NASA, TechPresident
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