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For Profit Venture By Night, Libertarian Delight

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Those rascals at Google are making a splash today with the announcement that their philanthropic arm Google.org will be a for profit venture, meaning they will have to file taxes in exchange for the ability to solicit venture capital, form partnerships and lobby congress.
One would figure that the normal libertarian supporters would applaud this move, […]

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Katie Couric Debuts (TV News Still Sucks)

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

So for the first time in recent memory I sat down in front of the television and watched a 6:30 news program from start to finish. I really have no idea why I wanted to see Katie Couric begin a job that won’t require her to stick a camera up her asshole; it just kind […]

Posted in Diversion Publishing, Cockhammer, Gawker, Katie Couric, CBS | 10 Comments »

Laziness To Take Time Off?

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

The New York Observer points out this morning that the trend of shocking (read: not real) trend stories might be running out of steam. This leaves the time honored tradition of journalists making the news in their own head and justifying it with three boilerplate quotes and one wiiiiiiiiiiild anecdote, well, less trendy.
So goodbye “The […]

Posted in Tom Scocca, Gawker, James Frey, "Joel" | 3 Comments »

Three Stars of the Newscycle: 8.16.06

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Today, Wednesday, big whoop. They say that August is the slow news month and I know I’ve carp about it every day but it seems like we are operating on a 94-hour newscycle here. It’s painful, really, really painful.
So what is a tyke like me to do? Well, I can post two clever bits from […]

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