The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Users can't opt out of Google's new privacy changes (Washington Post)
2. Facebook plays instant feedback of State Of The Union (All Facebook)
3. Can...
Zooey Deschanel Takes LA Times‘ Patt Morrison To Task Over Article Calling Her A ‘Snobby Cow’
Actress Zooey Deschanel recently published an open letter to the Los Angeles' Patt Morrison on her personal Tumblr (It features old-timey illustrations of sea monsters!) and on her new ladysite HelloGiggles (It features a cartoon version of Zooey!), chastising the columnist for an article that described Deschanel as sounding like "
David Klinghoffer: “What Has Become of Conservatism?”
David Klinghoffer’s recent column in the LA Times has garnered a significant amount of attention from the blogosphere and even cable news. As a staunch conservative, Klinghoffer is turning heads for critiquing the state of conservatism in today’s society, namely the degree to which radical pundits have become the face of the conservative movement....
LAT’s Jonah Goldberg Applauds “New Journalism” For Moving Past Cronkite Era
Walter Cronkite is widely regarded as an icon -- and, to many aspiring journalists, a role model. He and his coverage of the Vietnam War are often referred to as a highpoint in journalism even today. Jonah Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times has a vastly different opinion. In today's column, he writes that...
Is America Ready for a Gay Jim Carrey? Apparently Not
The LA Times is reporting that the Jim Carrey starring film I Love You Phillip Morris has been shelved "indefinitively" by Consolidated Pictures Group, the company that was handling the American release of the movie that premiered at Sundance in 2009. While a movie getting shelved is no big news these days (even...
Notice Something Missing? MSM Seems To Collectively Forget Anniversary Of Iraq War
Hmm. Notice something missing? A close look reveals most major media outlets have neglected to mention that today is the 7th anniversary of the Iraq War. Not a single major op-ed to be found. Nor a trending Twitter hashtag. It's almost as though where the media is concerned the Iraq...
HuffPo Has More Readers Than WaPo, LAT, And WSJ
Apparently newspapers of the world should be considering seriously adding bikini slide shows to their online offerings. The Huffington Post has recently passed the Washington Post, the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal in number of readers.
A Short History Of Luddite Complaints: New Media Incites Age-Old Anxiety
New technology invariably brings, along with change, a torrent of anxiety about what that change will lookl ike. This anxiety can be more or less poetic. “Twitter is crack for media addicts,” wrote George Packer in a recent blogpost. The new anxiety – induced, primarily, by the new media – is the prosiest...
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