Archive for September, 2006
Worst Lede Of The Week
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Here we are again and I sure do have a couple of real winners for all 15 of you to enjoy.
Our first comes from USA Today. The scribe in question decided to pen an analogy lede that could really cut across a wide cultural swatch. It takes a real crisp vision to write about the […]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 9.19.06
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Site notice: REMEMBER, send in your Shittiest Ledes of the Week (I changed the name) to Justin@MediaBitchfest.com and it will make tomorrow’s edition. So far we have a couple of real doozies lined up but like the Haunted Mansion, there’s always room for one more.
Oh, and some assholes futzed around and made news today:
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GOP: You […]
Lib Followup
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Remember when I was looking of Libertarian reaction to the Google charity?
Russell Roberts of Cafe Hayek finally chimed in.
I see there is also a free market in farting around before commenting on a big story. J backslash K.
Okay, Fuck You Guys
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006This may be late, but fuck it.
I understand that the practice of journalism is hard work. I gather that a look behind the scenes at the biggest paper in the nation could be interesting. But, the 24-hour miracle?
It’s your job you vanity project motherfuckers. And you wonder why people hate you.
• We’re Awesome: The Flash […]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 9.18.06
Monday, September 18th, 2006Listen, I’m sorry. The Steelers are on Monday Night Football so this will be quick. Real quick. Quick like a motherfucker.
I have nothing.
• Ladies in space?
• Narrowly dead Somlian President?
• All you need to know about the big game?
“Do You Write Fan Fic?”
Monday, September 18th, 2006The above question was spoken to me, Matt and Beth while we waited for a train back to Hoboken after attending a midnight screening of the Joss Whedon film Serenity. For those who don’t know, Whedon has what one might term a “cult” following after he masterminded the seminal WB dramas Buffy the Vampire Slayer […]
Lazy Friday: You Know What?
Friday, September 15th, 2006I don’t give a fuck about this.
No Shit Sherlock
Friday, September 15th, 2006Turns out the people don’t like to pay for television shows, or at least shows on CBS. In this age of DVRs, TiVos, Bittorrent and iTunes it certainly shows a deft understanding of their spot in our cultural quilt that they are completely reversing ship and offering all of their shows for free on these […]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 9.14.06
Thursday, September 14th, 2006This country gets quite a reputation for violence, but you know shit happens in other places too. So get on your high horse Rest of World, sure, lampoon us as shoot-first cowboys with queer puritanical values and a tendency to look down Mexico’s shirt.
For today at least, you don’t look so hot yourself.
• Montreal murderer […]
Graf Might Be On To Something
Thursday, September 14th, 2006Turns out it is not only MBF operative Ash Graf who is having problems with the new iTunes release. This is from our comment section:
So if these things (ed note: the movies) are supposed to download in 30 minutes, why the hell is it taking me eight years to download a TV show post-iTunes upgrade?
Worked […]
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Critical Acclaim:
— Tom Scocca, New York Observer
— J. Michael Robertson, Media Studies Department, University of San Francisco
— Shelly Smith, Comedienne of The Brothel
— Will Leitch, Deadspin.com
— mute_everything, MBF Commenter
