January 2012
4 posts
“State workers answer the phone with, “It’s a great day in South Carolina”...”
– South Carolina Loves Its Quirks but Not Its Critics - NYTimes.com
December 2011
12 posts
WatchAs a TV news junkie, SNL Dateline parodies are fantastic:
“Diego confessed, but let’s ignore that. Because this is an hour show, so we’ve got to stretch this out. And because it’s “Dateline” there’s only one photo to use.”
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November 2011
10 posts
WatchFrequent Flier
I’m not near this obsessed, but this mini-documentary is well done.
WatchRachel Maddow on Herman Cain — worth watching
“In a 2001 Vanity Fair story about Liz and Freud’s courtship, Freud was quoted...”
– Elisabeth of the Murdochs
In which Rupert Murdoch has his son-in-law’s cable disabled because he doesn’t like a quote he gave.
How Media Works
Unnamed MSM Contact: General sad but true rule here is we'll do it once Gawker has it.
October 2011
4 posts
September 2011
7 posts
The Man Who Knew - Frontline →
Rewatched this documentary over the weekend about John O’Neill, the FBI’s leading Al Qaeda expert who was marginalized and mostly ignored by the Washington Headquarters. He left to become Head of Security for the World Trade Center on August 23, 2001, and died on September 11.
Well worth watching — that really goes for almost any Frontline.
August 2011
15 posts
“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians....”
– Michelle Bachmann: God using natural disasters to prod politicians (via nickdouglas)
I totally agree with her. Obviouisly God used Irene to create major havoc in states that haven’t legalized same-sex marriage, and for the most part, gave New York a pass. How much clearer can He make it that He is...
“Last week a camera crew followed Mr. Putin to the bottom of a bay in southern...”
– Before Voting, Russian Leaders Go to the Polls - NYTimes.com
